So it looks like a general purpose ID, but I’m sure they will be able to append vaccine info to it.
I also look forward to the massive leak when this database inevitably gets hacked. No computer system is perfectly secure, and no encryption is unbreakable given enough time and computing power.
Because if your identity is stolen, you'll forever have issues with that SIN number.
A more modern ID card can be replaced if stolen, and allow the government to track ID fraud more efficiently. Mix that in with a chip card, and identity theft becomes even more difficult as the card needs to be present.
chained to maleable digital data
Who cares? It's government records, not a cryptocurrency.
So it looks like a general purpose ID, but I’m sure they will be able to append vaccine info to it.
I also look forward to the massive leak when this database inevitably gets hacked. No computer system is perfectly secure, and no encryption is unbreakable given enough time and computing power.
I'll take this over an unchangeable Social Insurance Number.
Because if your identity is stolen, you'll forever have issues with that SIN number.
A more modern ID card can be replaced if stolen, and allow the government to track ID fraud more efficiently. Mix that in with a chip card, and identity theft becomes even more difficult as the card needs to be present.
Who cares? It's government records, not a cryptocurrency.