[HN Gopher] Germany to let citizens store ID cards on smartphone
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       Germany to let citizens store ID cards on smartphone
        
       Author : finphil
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2021-02-11 19:15 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.660citynews.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.660citynews.com)
        
       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | TLDR Transitioning to an app and biometrics from smart cards and
       | smart card readers.
        
       | neither_color wrote:
       | I look forward to the day I can do this all with my watch and go
       | all day without anything in my pockets.
        
       | riggsdk wrote:
       | Denmark also just got a "drivers license"-app that is valid
       | everywhere in the country. You only need to bring your physical
       | card when you travel. Our healthcare social security (national
       | id) card is on the way as an app as well. Oddly enough the
       | drivers license is that much more important as it's one of the
       | only widely accepted photo-ID (except for passports) that we got.
        
       | martindbp wrote:
       | A major convenience in Sweden is using Mobile Bank ID for
       | everything, which authenticates you using your smartphone. File
       | your taxes? Start a company? Check your pension? Log in to your
       | bank/transfer money? More and more private companies are
       | integrating with it to a point where we don't really need
       | accounts or passwords for anything involving your real identity.
       | I don't see why it couldn't be used to buy alcohol or prove that
       | you have a driver's license too, it's just a matter of time. It
       | started as a PC thing in 2003, but turned mobile in 2011. Now
       | penetration is 94% of smartphone users, which is pretty much
       | everybody.
       | 
       | Scary? Yes. Convenient? Very.
        
         | cinntaile wrote:
         | Sweden is quite absurd in that regard. You can rent a car by
         | simply scanning your driver's license, but buying an energy
         | drink or light beer by scanning your ID? No that'd be
         | irresponsible, an actual person has to do the verification.
        
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