The concern is that as governments take steps to provide much-needed digital identity infrastructure, there will be a chorus of opposition rolling out the traditional arguments of privacy, data protection, trust in government, Big Brother,etc. These are risks which the public needs to be informed about, but they should not be used as a one-size-fits-all barrier to a digital identity system for those people who want to voluntarily opt-in and exercise choice.
There are daily reports and warnings of cyber-crime, data breaches, and hacking – yet the public’s appetite to engage in digital commerce and services using digital credentials to identify themselves, such as fingerprints for their smartphones and tablets, continues to grow.
