if you follow dan trend of thoughts in his blog posts he is in favor of identities tied to accounts in the blockchain in order to avoid the problems we see today in governance, minimize criminal behavior covered by anonimity, facilitate a future universal basic income, etc. you can read this post from dan where he clearly states his thoughts about privacy vs transparency: https://steemit.com/eos/@dan/does-freedom-require-radical-transparency-or-radical-privacy