Ian Grossman says consumers can choose where to use digital ID
Ian GrossmanAAMVA president and chief executive officer
Grossman argues that consumers will decide where to identify themselves and where to seek anonymous alternatives.
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Consumer choice will allow people to decide where to identify themselves with digital ID and where to remain anonymous.
“I think overall, the consumer will drive that demand and they will decide where they want to accept to be identified versus where they're gonna look for another alternative where they want to stay anonymous”
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Jay Stanley challenges Ian Grossman's digital-ID consumer-choice argument
In an October 22 essay, the ACLU's Jay Stanley disputes Ian Grossman's assurance that consumers can choose when to identify themselves. Grossman, who leads the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, told PBS in July that adoption is voluntary. Stanley argues that digital ID could become a practical requirement as businesses and public services stop supporting alternatives.
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Interview
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PBS quotes Grossman on consumer choice and voluntary adoption, and Stanley on legal protections for alternatives. The article also describes AAMVA's prohibition on phone-home architecture.
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PBS publishes the interview on July 8. It raises the possibility that easier identification could expand profiling and surveillance pricing.
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Grossman also says adoption is voluntary and nobody is being forced to use digital ID. PBS reports that AAMVA standards prohibit phone-home architecture.
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The subject is reliance on consumer choice as protection against digital ID becoming a practical requirement. Grossman argues that consumers will decide where to identify themselves and where to seek anonymous alternatives.
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Read the full caseJay Stanley challenges Grossman's digital-ID choice argument
“It’s a very comforting thought that we as consumers will have the power to stop omnipresent ID demands by, apparently, simply voting with our pocketbooks. If only we could have any faith that will be true.”Read statement
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