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Already happening. The official German identification app, AusweisApp, is designed exclusively for Android and Apple mobile devices
by retired 5mo ago
Already happening. The official German identification app, AusweisApp, is designed exclusively for Android and Apple mobile devices
- somethingweird 5mo agoNo, you can also get it for Windows and Huawei devices. So three American and one Chinese companies. Great.
- bigyabai 5mo agoWith Salt Typhoon, that's a whole four ways to choose how China steals your data. And to think, people said consumer choice was dead...
- ranger_danger 5mo agoIf it was developed by the government, shouldn't the source or an API be available? Surely third-party apps can be made in that case?
- poopooracoocoo 5mo agoThat'd be great but governments often don't make specs and source code available. Governments don't make things open. The amount of stuff councils and state governments gatekeep about road specs alone... Argh.
- lxgr 5mo ago> designed exclusively for Android and Apple mobile devices That's very different from requiring hardware attestation, though.
- pseudalopex 5mo agoIt is a little different. But not very different.
- RandomGerm4n 5mo agoThe AusweisApp is Open Source and available on Windows, Linux and even FreeBSD too. You just need some NFC Scanner that works via USB and then you can use it without a mobile device. https://www.ausweisapp.bund.de/open-source-software https://www.ausweisapp.bund.de/open-source-software
- ryukafalz 5mo agoThis is the way to do it if you're gonna have a digital ID. Thank you Germany for setting a better example than many!