No to Digital ID

Digital ID: The First Step Towards Total Control of Your Life

-The EU's Authority Limitations
The European Union (EU) is neither a country nor a state and, as such, cannot issue identity documents whether digital or otherwise.  The EU is requiring Member States to issue certain types of ID documents with specific features and security standards (e.g. Reg 2019/1157 on ID card security, and its successors) and the EU is forcing Member States to offer a European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) under eIDAS 2.0, i.e. a digital identity app that is recognised across the Union, “issued” by the Member State.

Each country retains the ability to reject any EU decision and can determine whether to comply or not with their own laws and constitution.  The government of Malta is answerable to the citizens of Malta who voted it in.

Malta currently operates a biometric based, functional ID card system. We need to safeguard ourselves and future generations from these controlling frameworks and demand that our government preserves our right for an alternative, to choose whether or not to use a Digital ID and still have access to all services. 

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- No Digital ID Means No CBDC
Without a Digital ID, banks cannot implement Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), which threatens your freedom to use cash as legal tender. Physical cash must always continue to be legal tender to stop the surveillance state and prevent scores determining your rights. 

- Imagine a Cashless Society
In my opinion, a CBDC environment will erode your privacy, and may operate as a system to monitor and control every purchase you make. This system could impose limits on how, where, on what, and when, you can spend your digital currency, thus restricting your choices and freedoms.

- Power Outages and Data Security Risks
In my opinion, the proposed Digital ID system may be at risk during power outages and systems failures, as was the experience recently with ATMs, and poses significant risks of hacking and data theft, consolidating all your personal information in one vulnerable system.

In my opinion, it is essential we can prevent the theft and control of our private data and to stop the pooling of our data exposing us to the threat of a “social credit” style scoring system regulating our every move, decision and purchase.

Imagine a world where your scores defines your rights to go to a restaurant or the gym, or you are fined, or lose rights for failing to return enough beverage containers through BCRS, or where your Identity Card, Skill Pass or Drivers Licence is due to expire, and you have not commenced the renewal.  Your life is not a score – don’t let data decide your destiny!