> or a boolean value "yes this person is over 18"
It would be detrimental to the cause, which is to collect everyone's ID.
Whilst this is OP's point, the reality is the majority of big tech companies have been treating user data like radioactive waste for 10+ years.
Most user data is of minimal economic value, until you leak it, and then suddenly there are millions of euros of fines headed your way.
Better to not hold the data in the first place.
Whose cause? I think the government already has our IDs, given that they issued them.
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Whilst this is OP's point, the reality is the majority of big tech companies have been treating user data like radioactive waste for 10+ years.
Most user data is of minimal economic value, until you leak it, and then suddenly there are millions of euros of fines headed your way.
Better to not hold the data in the first place.