Across various states, a new technological advancement allows Americans to replace their physical wallets. A simple tap of their device on a scanner streamlines identity verification. Apple Pay and Google Wallet have made checking out at the grocery store and gas station so convenient, but is the convenience of commerce something we need in our interaction with government? Any facilitation of following Americans digitally is seemingly unnecessary — we know that from our Ring doorbell cameras to Alexa to red- light cameras to our smartphones, the federal government has its eyes on most of us most of the time. With that in mind, though, wouldn’t the efficiency of a digital ID be worth the slight increase in potential tracking by the federal and state governments, given the already immeasurable scope of the surveillance?
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