By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026Again, remember how this process started: with you logging in with Login.gov, *using your email address*, which the system has *already* treated as verified since the very start of this (very) long and (very) complicated process. 36/ 1111
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026This whole thing is *terrible*, and it is predicated on the absurd premise that Californians have to be defended from the threat of strangers who pretend to be them *in order to sneakily opt them out of surveillance*. 37/ 1111
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026DROP requires stronger authentication than any other US government system I've ever interacted with. I file my tax returns with fewer authentication steps. I renew my car's DMV registration with fewer authentication steps. *I became a US citizen* with fewer authentication steps. 38/ 1133
