As an Lithuanian expat - I absolutely hate this one and all other gov auth methods. They require to keep a contract with either a bank or telco which is an insa

As an Lithuanian expat - I absolutely hate this one and all other gov auth methods. They require to keep a contract with either a bank or telco which is an insane third-party dependency. Fortunately they've introduced smartphone app just few weeks ago where you can finally use your national ID. It has to be pretty new one and I'm not sure how long before it expires (IIRC it used to be a mere 2 years until you need to physically renew), but it's a start. It's probably one of the biggest mission of Lithuanian diaspora. p.s. do you have a source that biometrics are "burned-in" into your SIM card? When I set mine up I don't remember anyone scanning it, just visually verifying. p.p.s. above doesn't work with eSIM (not that any Lithuanian ones are useful, i.e. offering free wifi calling when roaming) p.p.p.s. buying anything online in Lithuania is becoming near impossible - barely anyone offers option paying by card, only by a few selected online banks and no you can't just pay IBAN via some no-name digital bank.