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But those aren't by the government, or at BankID isn't. It's a proprietary application from a private company, owned by the banks, which only works on certain o

But those aren't by the government, or at BankID isn't. It's a proprietary application from a private company, owned by the banks, which only works on certain operating systems. Estonia though has an electronic ID which uses X.509 certificates.

codetrotter 4y ago
> those aren't by the government, or at BankID isn't MinID is by the government. BankID is private. > It's a proprietary application from a private company, owned by the banks, which only works on certain operating systems If you want to use the BankID app to generate codes then you will need iOS or Android. But you don't need the BankID app to use BankID. Instead of using the BankID app, you can use a physical dongle to generate codes. The device that you sign in with needs nothing other than Internet and a modern web browser. You can sign in with BankID on Linux or whichever other platform you desire. This device does not need to run any proprietary code aside from maybe some JavaScript executed by the browser. Very many years ago the device needed Java to sign in with BankID, but that has not been the case for many years.
- LinAGKar 4y ago
  That exists, but it's a PITA typing codes back and forth, and more importantly no place I've tried accepts it as a login method, other than the bank's own website (and it locks you out from some options when logging in like that). Some might work with the BankID application installed on PC (which also only works on some operating systems), and other places specifically requires mobile BankID. So yes, you do need to use the BankID app, not just in case you "want" to use BankID, but in order to be able to log into some sites period.