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In Belgium everybody has an ID card which has a chip which can be used to sign anything. It's a private key that is only on the card. So it's totally possible.
by OptionOfT 2y ago
In Belgium everybody has an ID card which has a chip which can be used to sign anything.
It's a private key that is only on the card. So it's totally possible. But there needs to be a will from the government AND a will from the people to allow the government to store data on their citizens (address etc).
- svieira 2y agoSo what happens when you break or loose the card? How do you establish your identity at that point?
- tuwtuwtuwtuw 2y agoI think the point is that this is a solved problem in most places. I always see people from US writing that modern authentication solutions wouldn't work, despite them being used for decades for example in many countries in Europe. Of course, all solutions comes with their own set of issues but preferring SSN over public/private keys for authentication is wild.
- vasco 2y agoIn Portugal at least you do it the same way you did it before the cards had a key. It's the same problem, how do you establish you're the guy that's in front of them trying to get a replacement for your "lost ID"? That's independent of the ID having a key. So whatever process you use for that now at the DMV or whatever.