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> People should learn not to go outside if they're not labelled.

I worry what will happen when this idea breeds with the "why worry about privacy if you've got nothing to hide?" fallacy.

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Wouldn't it be nice if preserving your privacy simply meant not wearing your QR code?

It's just 'license plates for people'. And driving without a license plate is already illegal in many places. It would be a small step to require citizens to wear their nameber clearly visible at all times when outside. The penalty for failure would be a bit harsh. But on the plus side, all the corpses would be unidentified, so technically no-bodies...

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