The UN and
the “global village” folks are not giving up on the open borders scam. See
below:
Microsoft
and the UN to provide digital IDs for undocumented people, Blockchain technology could give legal recognition to 1.1
billion people. By Jon Fingas, 6/19/17
It's
difficult to live without identification. In many cases, you're shut out of
banking, health care, voting rights and other basics. Microsoft and partners
might just give those many undocumented people (1.1 billion of them, in fact) a
shot at the identity they need, though. It's working
with Accenture and Avanade on a
United Nations-backed digital
ID effort that would offer legal
recognition to those who'd otherwise be lost to record keepers. The prototype
uses blockchain technology to
give people a trustworthy ID that can follow them anywhere, but still respects
privacy and security.
Rather
than pool IDs in a central database, the initiative relies on a distributed
database run by trusted parties spread across the blockchain. You don't have to
worry about a sole gatekeeper holding the keys to your life, or risk losing
access because you've traveled to another country. And while it relies on
biometrics (such as fingerprints and iris scans) for authentication, any
personally identifying info is purposefully kept off the chain and exposed only
when you grant access.
The
digital IDs are part of ID2020, a public-private partnership pushing the UN's
2030 Sustainable Development goal of giving every human an official identity.
It could be a long while before these IDs are available, let alone in use by
many undocumented people. With that said, it could represent a major
breakthrough if it works as promised. So long as they get themselves into the
system, refugees would be more likely to receive aid wherever they are.
Those with relatively stable lives, meanwhile, could take advantage of
government and financial services that were previously off-limits.
This
is just one part of a larger solution. There have to be guarantees that digital
ID holders will get the services they need, which is as much of a political
challenge as it is technical. Provided everything falls into place, though, it
could help many people get started on a better life.
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