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France also has a new initiative to replace the old SSO for all gov services (FranceConnect) with a new system called France Identité, that also seems dependent
by ovi256 4y ago
France also has a new initiative to replace the old SSO for all gov services (FranceConnect) with a new system called France Identité, that also seems dependent on smartphone apps, so Google/Apple:
https://france-identite.gouv.fr/ https://france-identite.gouv.fr/
The old system worked fine and will still be necessary for the people who can't enroll in the new one, like resident foreigners who won't get a French biometric ID card.
One has to dig a bit, but as the proposed workflows use a smartphone app, it looks to be dependent on the Android/iOS platforms.
- seszett 4y agoThat website explicitly says that it will not replace FranceConnect and other identification options and will never be mandatory or the only way to identify, though. Maybe you think they're lying on the website and have ulterior motives, but they explain it as just an additional identification option for FranceConnect. I'm welcoming it because I find it absurd to use my social security login to identify for asking for a birth certificate, and chip ID cards are the obvious thing to use for identification with public services. It looks a bit like what we also have in Belgium, but with more (or different) options and with an app that is not privately owned at least.
- AshamedCaptain 4y agoNote that the original gov proposal was shot down by the French CNIL (translates to ~ national comission for computing & freedom). The new one seems to be basically a QR code only, so it basically can "run" on anything capable of showing a pixmap, albeit I am yet to understand what exactly it is.