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Wednesday, 29 October 2025

The inevitable envelope: How your identity is becoming the new currency of control

 Visa and financial institutions are rapidly integrating mandatory biometric and digital ID systems into payment and access protocols.

This shift, marketed for security and convenience, consolidates personal data and enables constant transaction monitoring.

Implementation is expanding from high-value finance to employee building access and government services, reducing anonymity.

The move creates a global framework where every action can be permanently linked to a verified identity, posing a threat to liberty.

In a quiet but relentless march, the fundamental nature of personal identity and financial privacy is being rewritten. What was once an optional convenience is fast becoming a mandatory gateway to participation in modern society. The recent partnership between Visa and digital identity platform Proof to embed biometrically-backed IDs into transactions is just the latest maneuver in a broader campaign. 

This initiative, alongside JPMorgan Chase’s mandatory eyeball scans for employee entry and the IRS's mandate for digital verification, signals a pivotal shift. 

The "why" is a familiar refrain: enhanced security and fraud reduction.The "who" involves the world's largest financial institutions and tech firms. The "when" is now, with these systems being deployed throughout 2025. The "where" is everywhere—from online payments to your workplace to government services. And the "what" is the systematic construction of a global framework where anonymity is extinguished, and every swipe, click and step is permanently tethered to a verified, and often biometric, identity....<<<Read More>>>....