If there ever was a sign that you probably need a union… This is it.

To be fair, some people have less reason to trust their government with their data, then others.

There are varying degrees of trust in authorities in the world.

For nations with high confidence and trust in the authorities, this feels like a no-brainer.

Laws requiring Hotels identify their guests. This is a requirement for several reasons.

Some of which are visa requirements for foreign visitors, making it harder to use fake guests to launder money, in addition to several other uses of hotels by criminals (including prostitution) leaving a paper trail for authorities to follow up on.

No. A properly managed eid system like the EU digital wallet would be better.

You would not hand over any document to the hotel. They would ask the central authority server if you are who you claim. You would get a prompt to confirm that you allow the hotel to confirm your identity. The server would respond, yes you are indeed that person. End of transaction.

No data would be left to whatever security standard (or lack there of) that the hotel has. No critical documents stored on their end.