China approves rules for national ‘online number’ ID scheme China last week approved rules that will see Beijing issue identity numbers that netizens can use as part of a federated identity scheme that will mean they can use one logon across multiple online services. China’s government will issue the credential, sometimes referred to as “Cyberspace IDs” or “online numbers”, after …
Surprise, surprise, we too have a "RealID" in the US. This is an add on to the regular state driver's license** that's an obvious, but subtle, mark on the document (in California its a star on the image of the California bear in the top right corner). The Federal government can't enforce ID requirements directly on the population so RealID gets around this by setting standards that states have to adhere to if they want to issue compliant documents. The RealID compliant license includes a unique "Federal Document Number" so it is effectively a Federal ID. Getting one requires additional documentation, material that's you'd normally only need to get a passport such as proof of citizenship and, like a first passport application the application can only be processed at an in-person appointment at a government office.
You can choose to have a non-RealID compliant license but you'll be barred from using it to identify yourself when entering Federally controlled facilities such as military bases and airports. This has met significant pushback from the traveling public so the deadline for producing it in order to fly has been extended several times. Its now passed but there's a workaround (assuming you don't have a passport), however its deliberately made inconvenient to use. You will eventually need a RealID for numerous other purposes such as accessing pension and benefits, opening bank accounts and even voting.
(**Note that states' motor vehicles departments also issue ID cards for those who can't drive but need a form of ID.)
Or en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_identification#eID_in_Europe . Is UK the only one missing?
Here it is used for gov, bank, health, and utilities websites. All formal communication (mail) is electronic only.
Even when I bought a house, all paperwork were "paper" work, done at home.
Arm’s post has disappeared from its site – the above link comes from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250526112509/https://newsroom.arm.com/blog/xiaomi-xring-o1-arm-silicon-launch
appears to have caught the same "never has been" virus that affected the Arm blog.
Angels might have wept but I would have thought things not only ceasing to be but then to never have existed is more in the Weeping Angels line.
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