i’m not particularly enthused about either, but if you’ll read my original reply you can find out why i dislike the new one specifically.

hint it’s not really because of the id itself

Yes, as i said, different in scope not type.

The difference is scope and ease of (inevitable) creep.

In isolation, this probably isn’t that big a change, as part of a trend though, this is the change that all of what is to come, hinges on.

This is a central point of identity that is now mandatory for a jobs and housing ( + a bunch of other stuff ).

Yes you need some things for a bank account and tax purposes, this isn’t different in type, it’s different in scope.

Now, given the propensity for “think of the children” wrapping for basically any privacy encroachment they can think up , they can tie it to this, because it’s digital it’s significantly easier to do that.

Previously they’d have had to think “how can we enforce this bullshit” and would have to factor in the cost of additional verification systems to support their bullshit.

Now they don’t.