Ensure protection in totalitarian state

By allowing an external entity (even outside the state itself) to validate user identity, individuals can ensure the state will not impede upon their freedoms of speech.^[1] If states have the power to control and monitor electronic identities, states' power over individual rights increases, which would threaten civil rights. In totalitarian governments, state control over electronic identities would be disastrous. Citizens would live in constant fear of repercussions and consequences if they were being monitored by their state around the clock. External parties can provide the same amount of security and accuracy that the state can to manage electronic identities, without the risk of impeding on individual freedoms of speech and privacy.^[2] If the state was allowed to regulate and monitor electronic identities, they would have the power to spy on citizens without their knowledge. This is too much power for a state to hold because the state has its own political and economic motives that don't always benefit their citizens.^[2]