US draft policy would make Login.gov federal identity backbone

gov for public-facing digital services, moving it from a patchwork sign-on tool toward governmentwide identity infrastructure. The platform, already handling over 100 million accounts, is simultaneously adding device fingerprinting, mobile driver's license verification and facial-comparison identity proofing. This convergence of centralized authentication, biometric verification and persistent device tracking across government services reflects the broader technological push toward integrated identity systems that make individuals routinely traceable and dependent on centrally controlled access credentials.