Relying on photos and signatures isn't ridiculous at all, we did that for decades and it served a purpose. What you are seeing is one government that is authori

Relying on photos and signatures isn't ridiculous at all, we did that for decades and it served a purpose. What you are seeing is one government that is authoritarian on ID, and another that is prioritizing other things. Of course the government databases via APIs is more secure, but that doesn't make everything else ridiculous. Saying the US isn't modern because of this one thing is silly. The US ostensibly leads technological investment, has the an advanced military, puts rockets in space and recovers them, had the internet before most of the world, iPhone, all the software we all use the world over, the list goes on.