We've had a Big Brother ID System since 1935 when Social Security numbers were first implemented to keep track of America's citizens.

SHORT TITLE
The Social Security Act (Act of August 14, 1935) [H. R. 7260]
An
act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of
Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make
more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and
crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the
administration of their unemployment compensation laws; to establish a
Social Security Board; to raise revenue; and for other purposes.(italics mine)


if you hold that "...for other...

We've had a Big Brother ID System since 1935 when Social Security numbers were first implemented to keep track of America's citizens.

SHORT TITLE
The Social Security Act (Act of August 14, 1935) [H. R. 7260]
An
act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of
Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make
more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and
crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the
administration of their unemployment compensation laws; to establish a
Social Security Board; to raise revenue; and for other purposes.(italics mine)


if you hold that "...for other purposes." was the possible mandate that provided the goverment "to keep track of America's citizens." than perhaps you are right.