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I mean, you never owned your passport, ever.
If you look at the very first page, it says “ property of the US government” and then there’s some blurb about tampering being a felony.
Same thing for a diver’s license. You don’t own it, your state does.
I do agree that moving to digital identification is a huge mistake. It’s too easy to lose access to a digital device or account. Or have it spoofed in some way. I’d much rather have a physical ID that won’t run out of battery or have a glitch that makes accessing it impossible for an unknown length of time.
I'm pretty sure the USA does not own my South American and European passports nor my driving licences
No, but your government probably does.
Or is this too abstract a concept to extrapolate.
I think the previous person was just giving a shitpost style reply
Plus the republicans would lose their damn minds over this prospect. E-ID for elections? Never.
lol a passport should come with a TOS agreement 300 pages long.
I mean it kinda does, except the TOS agreement is literally the law.