Social Security Administration
The Federal Data Dragnet Just Got an Upgrade
The architecture of public trust is being rebuilt with parts scavenged from the surveillance state.
Slippery Slope to Digital ID? SSA to Launch Digital Social Security Access via “My Social Security” Accounts in Summer 2025
A digital Social Security number inches the US closer to a future where your identity is a login screen away from government hands.
Biden Administration Pushes Digital ID Expansion for Public Benefits
Federal agencies are set to accelerate digital ID adoption as REAL ID deadlines loom.
Digital ID companies thrived during the pandemic. Only now are their privacy claims being challenged.
One of the pandemic “winners” – a member of a large group of companies that appeared and grew exponentially to serve the needs of the government in its chosen way of handling the situation, as most of the economy was standing still – now appears to be in trouble. ID.me’s business is digital ide




