The big problem is that there has been, and is still, basically no political will in the US for GDPR-style privacy rights [0]. The current ID systems (DL# and S

The big problem is that there has been, and is still, basically no political will in the US for GDPR-style privacy rights [0]. The current ID systems (DL# and SSN#) are already being flagrantly abused by an unaccountable surveillance industry, which backhauls every bit of data it can get away with, maintaining comprehensive dossiers on each of us. So until this is actually reigned in, then every bit of friction here actually helps as it prevents even more businesses from routinely demanding ID. [0] due to constant undermining by said surveillance industry, which has now basically become "too big to fail"