China Wants to Start a National Internet ID System

It is probably better because many website is asking for driving id/passport. And, I have to give them driving. From leasing office to amazon, I have given my id and video. At least here, we don't have to capture video again and again.

It would not be in the Chinese government's interests to do this in a way that preserves anonymity for its citizens and protects them from being monitored, but I do really want to see a layer of the internet where it can be trusted that every poster is a real human, or a citizen of a particular country.

I understand that this is the sort of thing cryptographers think zero-knowledge proofs could help us with, but I'd be fine with a centralized approach: a government system that provides key pairs and a verification system for its citizens that could be done during the passport application process.