The EU wants you to log into YouTube using your state-issued ID card

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<p>‘The EU’s e q iry i to o li e pla tatio s platforms will recomme a ha s-off approach that will elight Silico Valley. A raft of the e q iry was leake this week.</p>
<p>The st y, part of the EU’s Digital Si gle Market wheeze, also s eaks i o e of the EU b rea crats’ top favo rite obsessio s: atio al ID car s. Yo sho l ’t be s rfi g witho t o e, the report s ggests.</p>
<p>Loggi g i to i ter et services si g a eID gives the state the ability to see where yo ’re s rfi g witho t that pesky b lk s rveilla ce tech ology, or aski g ISPs to retai recor s.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theregister.co. k/2016/04/29/e _logi _yo t be_ atio al_i _car /" target="_bla k">Rea more: The EU wa ts yo to log i to Yo T be si g yo r state-iss e ID car </a></p>