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The EU wants you to log into YouTube using your state-issued ID card

Paul 164

This is getting a bit too much like China's "Real Name" internet policy. If we continue to exist within the EU, we'll have this sort of crap forced upon us in the future without being able to object to it.

The reach of Big Brother might just be about to take a huge step too far.

“For every consumer to have a multitude of username and password combinations is not only inconvenient but becomes a security risk.” The irony here being that instead of having multitudes of logins that the government might not possibly be able to get hold of, your ID details will probably be all accessible to them, so any data in any account linked to the ID is easily snooped on, with a high chance of it being automated!

The other thing about it is that once a criminal has your ID details, they have ALL of your online accounts!

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