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		nielsbot on March 16, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: China to bar people with bad 'social credit' from ... Are we not getting a national ID card soon? (State drivers' licenses that meet certain requirements.)

rhcom2 on March 16, 2018 [–]

You're thinking of the REAL ID. It's controversial if it counts as "national ID" or not but it's mostly linking state databases and settings a standard for security.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REAL_ID_Act

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