3 ms·

"To apply for one, you need to make visit a Police and Border Guard office in Estonia – there you need to submit an application and provide biometrical data (yo

"To apply for one, you need to make visit a Police and Border Guard office in Estonia – there you need to submit an application and provide biometrical data (your facial image and fingerprints) for background check."

jkaljundi 12y ago
How this is supposed to work in the future - hopefully soon - is for you to be able to authenticate yourself in any friendly embassy or consulate. The first issuance must be with a strong proof of identity.
spindritf 12y ago
"We are working to add capacity to our embassies to process e-residency applications and issue cards abroad by the end of 2015 – so that you would not necessarily need to travel to Estonia to join us as an e-resident." From the leaflet [PDF] http://e-estonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Become-Estonias-e-resident-leaflet_sept2014.pdf http://e-estonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Become-Eston...
anemic 12y ago
are the facial image and fingerprints only used for background check, are they stored (and for how long) and are they shared with different entities, such as police or foreign governments?
- daveloyall 12y ago
  Background check? Wouldn't this kind of ID be granted to anyone, so long as they are who they say they are, so long as their identity is vetted. I think selectively doling out benefits or rights is the job of a separate system. (And if everyone has one of these IDs, the design of the second system could be simpler than it might be otherwise. I think.)
- irve 12y ago
  they store it in citizen database. as of now they do not share the fingerprints with our regular police. the face they probably get. I think that our local spy people have access to them (there was a theory about them managing our offshore database backups and therefore never asking for anything); if and how they share it is not disclosed. foreign governments might get access through travel information agreements (biometric passports were a requirement for free travel to US) but I am not certain about those details.
- huhtenberg 12y ago
  You should assume they will be stored and shared with friendly nations, even if the official line says they aren't.

jkaljundi 12y ago

How this is supposed to work in the future - hopefully soon - is for you to be able to authenticate yourself in any friendly embassy or consulate. The first issuance must be with a strong proof of identity.

spindritf 12y ago

"We are working to add capacity to our embassies to process e-residency applications and issue cards abroad by the end of 2015 – so that you would not necessarily need to travel to Estonia to join us as an e-resident." From the leaflet [PDF] http://e-estonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Become-Estonias-e-resident-leaflet_sept2014.pdf http://e-estonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Become-Eston...

anemic 12y ago

are the facial image and fingerprints only used for background check, are they stored (and for how long) and are they shared with different entities, such as police or foreign governments?

daveloyall 12y ago
Background check? Wouldn't this kind of ID be granted to anyone, so long as they are who they say they are, so long as their identity is vetted. I think selectively doling out benefits or rights is the job of a separate system. (And if everyone has one of these IDs, the design of the second system could be simpler than it might be otherwise. I think.)
irve 12y ago
they store it in citizen database. as of now they do not share the fingerprints with our regular police. the face they probably get. I think that our local spy people have access to them (there was a theory about them managing our offshore database backups and therefore never asking for anything); if and how they share it is not disclosed. foreign governments might get access through travel information agreements (biometric passports were a requirement for free travel to US) but I am not certain about those details.
huhtenberg 12y ago
You should assume they will be stored and shared with friendly nations, even if the official line says they aren't.