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They already are. They're an identity store.

You leverage your facebook profile to gain access to properties, be given permissions or access, and your value is measurable by the input output of your usage.

Travel around the world right now and show either your government identification or a printed copy of your facebook profile and wouldn't it be weird if a young person you meet takes more credibility from that printed page than the validity and authority of your government id?



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