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The UK government is about to launch an Identity assurance scheme where different providers (Post Office etc) check your drivers license then give you an account hw in is then oauth'able

in short Facebook logins but with actual real names that like governments can trust

just saying that this might be the start of what usually happens to private companies colonising what turns out to be a public good



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