by Leo Hohmann at Leo’s Newsletter
The nation of Kazakhstan, one of Russia’s southern neighbors, has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme in rolling out a new digital ID that offers social welfare programs called the “Digital Family Card.”
What’s this got to do with me, you ask?
This is but one example of how the digital ID will come at you.
I’ve said in the past that the digital ID will come in many tantalizing forms tailored to different types of people in the social strata. The one in Kazakhstan is meant to appeal to the poor. The end result will be a massive government spy network able to penetrate down to the household level of each family that signs up for it.
While the government scheme was unveiled in 2022, it was reintroduced last week before the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New York City.
The Digital Family Card is being promoted to achieve SDG #10 “Reduced Inequalities,” according to the Deputy Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme in Kazakhstan.
A fact sheet published February 13, 2023, titled “Digitalisation for sustainable development and social well-being of society,” explains how the Digital Family Card works.
As explained by the UN, Digital Family Card is as follows:…
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