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If done well, a government opperated digital ID could be very beneficial for society. Having a way to securely sign into different platforms using a trustless authenticator (that only shares the information you approve of) with a third party could be great.
Imagine signing onto a news site and knowing that every comment is actually a real person from your community and not a bot or a targeted influence campaign pushing an agenda.
The website doesn't have to know your name, the government doesn't have to know your username or track your activity, all what's shared is that you're an adult citizen from a particular region.
My only problem is I don't exactly trust that it would be setup in this sort of ideal way.
Big if. You are massively over-estimating the capability of the government to implement technology, infrastructure or piss ups in breweries.
This is something that will be abused, either by design or incompetence. I've said in another comment and I'll say it again, what will the reform party do with this set up?