Hmm. It is possible that deepfakes are merely a good excuse. There is real money on the table and potentially world altering changes, which means people with money want to ensure it will not happen to them.
Why would anyone comply though? Let's suppose you need some global id to access the web. What is preventing me from publishing my private key so that anyone can use it? Everyone could participate in this and make it completely useless as an identification mechanism.
