To my mind, the message is actually that if the identity credential exists, then agencies will tend to make use of it. "Because it's there".
Just as it's far easier to get into a war than to get out of one, so it's far easier to make increasing use of an existing credential than it is to come up with reasons to stop using it.
Look at the contrast between the recently-introduced US biometric immigration checks, and the Schengen agreement on cross-border passport inspection. It's a lot easier to increase border checks than it is to get agreement to dispense with them.
In an interesting cross-over between the physical and virtual worlds, consider how the then US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, summed up the policy: "secure borders, open doors" Compare that with the current trend of focusing less on 'hermetic network borders' and more on 'carefully locked doors': what the Jericho Forum terms 'de-perimiterisation'. Trackback to Firewall discussion...
Posted by racingsnake
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