Russia to introduce digital identity cards
Putin instructs ministers to "speed up implementation" of digital ID system
It seems QR codes will soon be back in vogue in Russia.
Via Interfax:
The Ministry of Digital Development, together with the FSB, will submit to the Russian government by May 1 a draft decree allowing the use of a digital identity card on smartphones instead of [an internal] passport in a number of everyday situations.
The proposal was supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
“Please, the sooner the better (...) Of course, such services are in high demand, and you just need to speed up their implementation. Please prepare these projects,” Putin said at a meeting with members of the government, responding to the proposal of the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev.
The new form of ID will serve as a QR-coded digital copy of a pre-existing domestic passport. (Russia issues internal passports to citizens, which are used for accessing state services, opening bank accounts, etc.)
Shadayev promised there were no plans to “cancel the [paper] passport.”
If everything goes according to plan, the introduction of digital IDs in Russia will coincide with the launch of the safe and convenient digital ruble, which is expected to enter circulation in the coming months.
We must reemphasize that digital identity cards are outrageously safe and convenient; they will never replace paper IDs, ever, and they will never be used to usher in a soul-crushing digital Pan-poop-ticon.
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This is BAD, whether or not Putin is a WEF puppet or not is less important. Russia, putting in place a system as the WEF has demanded, for any reason is bad, because it's the framework by which new totalitarian powers will be secured.
The only reason to implement something like this is to have total population control. Sure they claim that this will never replace paper IDs -- until it does!
They will "soon" no longer accept paper IDs for certain necessary services. That was always the plan. The digital ID won't replace your paper ID, you just won't be able to use the paper ID...
Knowing that this has been coming makes it no less painful to contemplate.
All that is left to the imagination is the manner in which this weapon will be wielded.