Digital ID (How Quaint!)

It starts with protecting the children.
Funny how often it starts there.

Digital ID (How Quaint!) looks at the growing enthusiasm for age verification, identity checks and government-backed digital credentials with considerably less enthusiasm. The sales pitch is safety and convenience; the song sees the beginnings of an infrastructure capable of connecting identity, access and permission in ways that extend far beyond keeping children off social media. Presented as another harmless modern improvement, the question is not simply what the system is introduced to do, but what it could eventually be allowed to do.