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Post #2919745

2026-04-27 12:31 UTC

[please reword] * Various disabilities, including intellectual ones could prevent the use of digital ID. * There are members of minority religious faiths, like Jews, who cannot use digital devices on certain days of the week or on certain holidays, who nevertheless, may wish to drink alcohol or engage in another activity that would not normally involve the use of electricity. * There are also some people who will just never develop digital skills. Some don't want those skills. In a free country, people should be allowed to chose not to have digital devices in their personal possession and chose not to learn to use them. * People have the right to be digital refuseniks. Possession of a "smart" device cannot become a prerequisite to participation in modern life.

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  • @celesteh@hachyderm.io 2026-04-27 12:38

    * Many Orthodox Jews do not own smart devices. They do not carry or use electronic devices on the sabbath or at other specific times. You cannot work around this with "training". . . . Orthodox Jews on Friday / Saturday is admittedly a rare case, but there are circumstances in which they may have arranged for whiskey to be available on shabbat and want to drink it and would not be able to use a digital ID.

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