Vitalik Buterin warned that enforcing one-per-person digital identity systems may result in a world where all online activity is tied to a single public identity, increasing the risk of government and employer surveillance.

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June 28, 2025

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Under one-per-person ID, even if ZK-wrapped, we risk coming closer to a world where all of your activity must de-facto be under a single public identity.

Without this flexibility, he argued, users could find themselves in a world where ‘all of your activity must de facto be under a single public identity,’ heightening dangers from government or employer surveillance.

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Week 26 of 2025