>The government cannot stop this credential from being used except by physically confiscating it or by waiting (years) for it to expire. Distributed storage in action.
Not really. It's part of identity management or whatever it's called to have an ability to recall ids, because they get lost, stolen and people to who they are issued die.
>When (not if) the database becomes an attribute store across a wider scope, the implications are scary.
What are the scary implication really? Most of the EU and beyond has some kind of login to the government capability. And?
What's the threat model really? The government will revoke your fancy thing to report taxes digitally for no reason and bankrupt you? They can do so without such roundabout ways.
Not really. It's part of identity management or whatever it's called to have an ability to recall ids, because they get lost, stolen and people to who they are issued die.
>When (not if) the database becomes an attribute store across a wider scope, the implications are scary.
What are the scary implication really? Most of the EU and beyond has some kind of login to the government capability. And?
What's the threat model really? The government will revoke your fancy thing to report taxes digitally for no reason and bankrupt you? They can do so without such roundabout ways.