The mandatory verified-identity infrastructure being built into every layer of the internet. KYC, age verification, biometric checks, anti-anonymity legislation etc.
Curated by: xalicubed (33 videos)
Welcome back to another video! Governments keep presenting digital ID as a seamless, reliable replacement for passwords, physical documents, and ordinary government logins. But when these systems are actually rolled out, the same problems keep appearing, things like outages, failed identity checks, inaccessible services, ballooning costs, and entire platforms being replaced after failing to meet their promises. ‼️‼️ 📌 Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:42 - UK"s disaster 3:35 - The Dutch DigiD issue 4:14 - The $130M Private Buyout 5:15 - A Geopolitical Hostage Situation 6:04 - Intervention 6:38 - Final thoughts 7:45 - Outro 📚 some tuff sources: https://proton.me/blog/in-win-for-digital-sovereignty-netherlands-blocks-takeover-of-id-service-by-us-firm UK's fiasco: https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/government/government-digital-id-scheme-nothing-short-of-a-fiasco alt-titles: the digital ID rollout is already going wrong. governments cannot keep digital ID working. digital ID is already failing. --- 🎙 my gear (amazon associate): ► Microphone - https://amzn.to/4rKPtcE ► Mouse - https://amzn.to/4ubkQyJ ► Keyboard - https://amzn.to/4rP41rE ► Earbuds - https://amzn.to/4u9ARoX ► Main Monitor - https://amzn.to/4aQsqr1 ► Mousepad - https://amzn.to/40bl5w0 ► XLR Interface - https://amzn.to/4aRwVSc