For private use of the "number"

In relation to the "number"/My Number system (it is unfortunate that many media outlets still refer to it as a "common number"), I have heard voices from various organizations saying things like, "Let's allow the "number" to be used by the private sector!" and "Let's get the four pieces of information (name, date of birth, gender, address)!" Originally, I was a data…

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Use code conversion to link different "numbers" as needed

Is the information sharing infrastructure of the "number" system complex?

In the context of the national ID system, the "number" system (sometimes mistakenly called the common number system), there is a system infrastructure called the "information sharing infrastructure." The orange box in the diagram below (from the interim report of the Cabinet Secretariat's Information Sharing Infrastructure Technology Working Group) is this. It seems that this part is the "information sharing infrastructure" that has been...

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A heartless society and the number system: The dangers of name matching as seen in Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables"

Humans are forgetful creatures. This leads to forgiveness. People act on this premise. But the Internet does not forget. People who do not forget, like Inspector Javert in "Les Misérables," are called heartless, and the damage they cause is called heartless. The careless introduction and use of identifiers, such as "universal immutable numbers," on the Internet will turn anyone on the Internet into a Javert. And what emerges is a "heartless society."

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