> We decide on something, leave it lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don't understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.
This is part of a wider strategy that also includes the QUACs people were talking about earlier:<p><a href="https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/european-digital-identity_en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-...</a><p>I'm not sure what to think about this strategy.<p>On one hand they <i>do</i> seem to be trying to put together a unified coherent system.<p>On the other there's a lot of experts saying they're making a hash of it.
> I am not optimistic. But it is not too late yet. Parliament still has to vote about this. Let your MEP know that you oppose the Digital Identity and that you want your MEP to vote against it!
Actually, Europe reasoning is quite simple:<p>- Since "forever", laws apply to a specific PHYSICAL region (that's the basis for a concept of "government", be it democracy or other). These laws are enforced by "law enforcement forces", starting with "border law inforcement forces"<p>- Between "etatic entities" there is "treaties" agreed by parties<p>- But "the Internet" messed everything up: suddenly no law could be enforced because the was no VIRTUAL region with a "government" matching the PHYSICAL region<p>Different governement solved this problem with different solutions:<p>- China / Russia... used some kind of "Great firewall"<p>- US used some kind of "soft power" (owning the main infrastructure + main economic actors + extraterritorial laws)<p>Europe decided to find a mix between those: limiting US "soft power" with more rules (DSA, DMA), trying to develop European economic competitor... and limiting people abilty to escape to a "lawless internet with anonimity"