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@ Reclaim The Net
2025-06-09 14:33:14
Visa’s Head of Digital Identity just called the EU Digital ID Wallet a “gamechanger.” She’s right: but not in the way she thinks.
Slated to go live EU-wide by 2026 and mandatory by 2027, the Wallet will hold your government-issued ID, verify your income, and be required for payments. It promises seamless banking and borderless access to services. But it also creates the most centralized identity system ever attempted in the West.
Civil liberties groups are sounding alarms, and rightly so. Centralized identity is surveillance infrastructure. Function creep is real. Governments and corporations will push new “features” with every update. And most users won’t even realize how much control they’ve ceded until it’s too late.
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