# Links - https://www.veriff.com/blog/the-history-of-id # IDs and MFA - IDs back then may have relied on a signature for temporary cases - Large-scale issued IDs relied on things that could not easily be simulated or duplicated and much more on obfuscation due to the limitations of old communication - ID became essential to align large-scale interests of society since interests are up to the will of the individual - MFA is a way to verify identity and better for a digital realm which relies on cryptographic mechanisms and establishments in them on certain timescales - MFA is necessary in the digital world because these fragile mechanisms can be implemented in weak systems and the verification process can be undermined.