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Do you know why in Portugal they have 4 different ID numbers?

It is like that to prevent the state from persecuting people on the base that it is hard for a branch of the government to figure out who is someone based on a number from a different branch.

Do you know why they want to prevent the government from persecuting people?

Because it has already happened, and the portuguese don't want it to happen again.

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