The EU is Speeding Towards Digital ID, Currency, and Biometric Systems for Tracking Citizens.

[Free Vulcan]

THIS CAN'T GO WRONG, SURELY!?

Aconsortium of six European nations is pushing for a new, digital, cross-border payment system which ultimately aims to combine the EU Digital Identification program with a digital euro.

The NOBID (Nordic-Baltic eID) project – which is comprised of the governments of Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Latvia and Norway – is being supported by multinational banks, large technology firms, and other government agencies from across Europe.

NOBID’s website describes the project – which sounds eerily similar the kinds of social credit system used by countries like Communist China – as the brainchild of the unelected European Commission.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/09/16/the-eu-is-speeding-towards-digital-id-currency-and-biometric-systems-for-tracking-citizens/

[Fishrrman]

I can understand Denmark, Germany, Iceland and Norway signing onto this.

But Latvia? Surely they must have learned something from years of Soviet domination...

[Free Vulcan]

I can understand Denmark, Germany, Iceland and Norway signing onto this.

Of course after this winter they may have a significantly less people they have to get up to speed.

Which I don't doubt they've anticipated and have accelerated their plans.

[Smokin Joe]

We fought two wars to remain free from Europe's lunacy (1775 and 1812), and more to pull them back from their own brink (esp. WWI and WWII, but the Cold War, too).

At some point, you just can't stop the handcart.

[Right_in_Virginia]

We fought two wars to remain free from Europe's lunacy (1775 and 1812), and more to pull them back from their own brink (esp. WWI and WWII, but the Cold War, too).

At some point, you just can't stop the handcart.

QFT

[aligncare]

The reality is people have already embraced paying with debit cards and now with their phones for merchandise and services like subway and buses. The future promises more change, whether I consent to those changes or not.