New Bill Aims to Make Digital ID Pervasive in the United States
By Ken Macon Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) has reintroduced the “Improving Digital Identity Act,” a bipartisan bill that would increase the federal government’s involvement in…
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Digital ID Closer to Becoming Reality in US as House and Senate Advance Bill
By Natalie Alms The bill would also set up a task force on digital identity and establish a grant program at the Department of Homeland…
Sri Lanka Implements QR Code Digital ID Fuel Rationing
By Keean Bexte Sri Lanka has begun forcing citizens to use a QR code to access gas pumps as part of a nationwide fuel rationing…
Calls Mount to Scrap ArriveCan After Elderly Man Gets Threatened With Fine
By Mike Campbell Calls to scrap the ArriveCan app are surging after video emerged over the weekend of an 86-year-old wheelchair-bound man being threatened with…
NYU School of Law Warns Digital ID “Paving a Digital Road to Hell”
By Derrick Broze New York University’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice has issued a chilling warning about the potential dangers to human rights…
Australian Minister Proposed The Idea Of Using Digital ID System To De-anonymize Social Media Users
By Cindy Harper Employees at the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) have opposed the use of the Australian government’s proposed digital identity scheme to de-anonymize social…
Bill Gates Tells Governments to Invest in Technologies for “payment and ID systems”
By Ken Macon Account ownership and digital payments have increased, so has the gender gap in account ownership, according to the World Bank, after it…
Payments Company Mastercard Wants to be a Digital ID Provider
By Ken Macon Financial services provider Mastercard has earned one of three accreditations under Australia’s Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF). The accreditation is a major…
The World Economic Forum and World Trade Organization Push “global digital identity of persons and objects”
By Didi Rankovic The World Economic Forum’s obsession with not only merely digitization, but digitalization as a means of tracking and control, is manifest in…
Google Now On Board with Digital Wallet to House Digital ID, Vaccine Certificates, Driver’s Licenses and more
Google is joining Apple in allowing the ability of a digital wallet to house digital versions, driver’s licenses, and vaccine certificates, tickets and more. —…
Digital ID Companies Thrived During the Pandemic. Only Now Are Their Privacy Claims Being Challenged.
By Didi Rankovic One of the pandemic “winners” – a member of a large group of companies that appeared and grew exponentially to serve the…
Trudeau Wants to Use Facial Recognition Digital ID for Travel
By Keean Bexte The Trudeau government has been working with major Canadian airlines to formally bring in digital ID, facial recognition, and biometric travel documents…
The WHO Treaty Is Tied to a Global Digital Passport and Digital ID System
By Aaron Kheriaty The WHO recently announced plans for an international pandemic treaty tied to a digital passport and digital ID system. Meeting in December 2021 in…
Alibaba is Creating a Digital ID Carbon Footprint Tracker
By The Counter Signal Alibaba Group president J. Michael Evans bragged that the multi-billion-dollar company was creating a carbon footprint tracker to monitor people’s consumption…