SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: The biggest sleight of hand in the Digital ID era isn’t centralized government surveillance, it’s outsourcing it to private companies. Here’s why this matters:

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Jessica Rojas

The biggest sleight of hand in the Digital ID era isn’t centralized government surveillance, it’s outsourcing it to private companies.

Here’s why this matters:

The Constitution only limits the GOVERNMENT. The 4th Amendment protects you from warrantless searches and seizures. But it does nothing to stop corporations from demanding your iris scans, facial recognition, fingerprints, or voiceprints.

Once you “voluntarily” hand over your biometrics, those protections disappear.

The real kicker? 
Federal agencies can just purchase your data from brokers instead of getting a warrant. They’ve been doing this for years with location data, browsing history, and more.

 Congress keeps trying (and failing) to close this loophole.

Right now it’s “voluntary” Tinder, Zoom, DocuSign, banking apps, school platforms, and payment processors.

Tomorrow? No scan = no service.

When a handful of corporations control housing, food, jobs, banking, education, and communication… “just use another company” stops being realistic.

This is how we lose our constitutional rights without them ever being officially revoked.

Both parties rage at each other on TV while quietly expanding surveillance.

Welcome to the slope.