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So maybe someone can fill me in on why the EFF opposes a digital national ID system. I know that Estonia has a cryptographically secure, free, and incredibly useful ID system. Is the fear of political persecution from the opposite party the reason we don't implement that kind of system?
The EFF is notoriously kind of an extremist organization when it comes to privacy and any sort of tracking of people; not in a bad way though I think.
I wouldn't call it extremist...it's usually reasonable policy protecting people's privacy. It's only extreme because it would severely cut into big tech's profits and the USs surveillance capacity.
Probably more apt to call them absolutists than extremists.
Within the privacy community, EFF's viewed as pragmatists -- far from absolutists or extremists. So I agree with @chakan2@[email protected], it only gets regarded as extreme because big tech and the surveillance-industrial complex have normalized not expecting privacy.