S. 884, also known as the Improving Digital Identity Act of 2023, is a bipartisan bill that aims to create a secure and reliable digital identity system for all Americans. The bill was introduced by Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) on March 23, 2023, and was reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 17, 2023.
The bill would establish a task force to coordinate federal, state, and private-sector efforts to develop digital identity credentials, such as driver’s licenses, passports, and birth certificates. The task force would identify best practices and publish guidelines for federal and state agencies to consider when implementing digital identity programs. Under the bill, the task force would submit periodic reports to Congress on its findings and would terminate three years after enactment.
According to the bill’s sponsors, S. 884 is necessary to address the challenges and risks posed by outdated and insecure identity systems in the digital age. They argue that digital identities would enhance privacy, security, convenience, and trust for individuals and businesses online, as well as improve access to government services and benefits.
But what will this digital ID include? According to the bill, everything that means your identity: driver’s licenses, e-Passports, social security credentials, and birth certificates because this is supposed to be a “digital version of existing physical identity credentials”.
As with everything they know people will oppose they throw some words in there to make it look like they will listen to you:
They will never listen to you and below this affirmation they write this:
They will never listen to the people and there is no way they will stop this bill from becoming a law. They wrote that is prohibited to force an individual “to use digital identity verification for a given public purpose.“ But here is a trick, they will not force people to use the digital ID. At the beginning stages they will reward people for using the digital ID and the “reward” will be something necessary so it’s a way of forcing people to use it but worded and applied a little different. Of course, first they can use the same strategy used with the covid vaccine and that is to reward people that use the digital ID with a coffee or ice cream because they saw it worked.
Under the REQUIRED CONSULTATION section they wrote this:
“The Task Force shall closely consult with leaders of Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and nongovernmental leaders, which shall include the following:
(1) The Secretary of Education.
(2) The heads of other Federal agencies and offices determined appropriate by the Director.
(3) State, local, Tribal, and territorial government officials focused on identity, such as information technology officials and directors of State departments of motor vehicles and vital records bureaus.
(4) Digital privacy experts.
(5) Civil liberties experts.
(6) Technology and cybersecurity experts.
(7) Users of identity verification services.
(8) Representatives with relevant expertise from academia and advocacy organizations.
(9) Industry representatives with experience implementing digital identity systems.
(10) Identity theft and fraud prevention experts, including advocates for victims of identity theft and fraud.”
Do you see the people being involved in this because I don’t? No one will ask you, the taxpayer that will fund all of this.
After this bill gets approved the Task Force have 3 years to make the digital ID happen. And that is somewhere in 2026-2027. Aren’t we getting close to agenda 2030? When we will have microchips, nanotechnology, digital ID, social score and no control. Show me the conspiracy, I just see facts here that don’t need to be fact-checked.
They really want to make this digital ID happen so each year they will closely monitor the following:
“(i) a list of digital identity verification services offered by Federal agencies;
(ii) the volume of digital identity verifications performed by each Federal agency;
(iii) information relating to the effectiveness of digital identity verification services by Federal agencies; and
(iv) recommendations to improve the 5 effectiveness of digital identity verification services by Federal agencies.”
The bill has received support from various stakeholders, including industry groups, civil society organizations, and cybersecurity experts. However, some critics have raised concerns about the potential for abuse, discrimination, or surveillance of digital identities by governments or corporations. They also question whether digital identities would be truly voluntary.
If digital ID rolls out, it’s game over.
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