As digital ID adoption climbs, the public's expectation of what reasonable data handling looks like climbs with it. The fragmentation problem is real, and it’s not going away on its ownIn the United States, mDLs are quickly moving from pilot programs to mainstream digital identity infrastructure. A reusable identity model flips that. That distinction is critical for government services, where the same person often must repeatedly prove basic facts across different agencies and programs. As digital ID adoption climbs, the public’s expectation of what reasonable data handling looks like climbs with it.