Resist digital IDs
Let this incident with this site be a warning and foresight that over-reliance on digital is dangerous. At the snap of a finger, you can lose everything. If your country urges you to sign up for digital IDs and pushes for a more cashless-based financial system, resist at all costs.
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over reliance on an illegal, unauthorized pirate site is dangerous. if this happened on an official site everyone would have either been reimbursed or their things would have been recovered quicker. in most cases digital is almost always better in terms of security and stability.
while it’s true that more official sites have stronger customer support, the assuming that “official” = “safe” is naive at best, if not misleading. even large, regulated platforms have suffered massive data loss or limited reimbursement policies.
that said, my main point was about the amount of control we, as citizens, get to retain over our own data. i was only using this website as a glimpse into what could happen on a bigger scale
trusting that your digital is "almost always better in terms of security and stability" is extremely dangerous. centralized digital IDs may look convenient at a glance, but it means we are effectively turning every facet of our life into a lever that the authority (or any entity that controls the ID registry for that matter) can pull at will. history and current practices show that once that lever exists, it is used to reward cult-like expressions of self and punish free thinking. this is why we need to resist digital IDs.
official platforms ARE safer because they are legally held accountable to reimburse you or recover your product. you are not granted the same obligation on pirate sites, which is why i don't believe this instance should be used as an example of dangerous digital ids. that's all. i don't personally care for the safety of digital ids, just that you used an unfair example.