TRIGGERnometry Why You Should Be Worried About Digital ID - Silkie Carlo
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Oct 5, 2025 
Silkie Carlo, Director of Big Brother Watch and a staunch advocate for privacy rights, dives into the pressing issues surrounding mandatory digital ID. She explores how such systems could impact employment, housing, and privacy, revealing lessons from other countries like Estonia and India. Carlo warns of increased surveillance and the erosion of anonymity online. She clarifies that the fight against digital ID isn't just political—it's a vital issue of civil liberties that's garnering widespread public opposition. Activism is necessary to resist these encroachments on personal freedom.
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Mandatory Digital ID As A Gateway
- Digital ID will be a mandatory government entry that seeds a massive digital record on every citizen.
- It will be required for work, renting, banking, education, childcare and potentially voting.
Global Examples Show Real Harms
- Countries with national digital IDs show frequent failures and human-rights harms like lockouts and deaths.
- Technical and cybersecurity failures can cut people off from essential services and upend lives.
From ID To Permit: Scope Creep Risk
- Digital ID can be repurposed as mandatory vaccine or age-gating checks and used as a permit to access life activities.
- Moral panics (pandemics, online safety) will repeatedly expand ID uses into daily life.