I admit, I'm being highly cynical. This system is great. The keys are state issued, so if you set your mind to level of paranoia where the state is trying to fr

I admit, I'm being highly cynical. This system is great. The keys are state issued, so if you set your mind to level of paranoia where the state is trying to frame you for tax fraud, it's not beyond repudiation... but yeah, on balance it's likely a better system than being rolled out here in the UK[0]. Gov.uk 'Verify' involves four entities (the hub, the government department you're trying to use , you, and your chosen identity provider) and, from what I can tell, it's just glorified OpenID. [0] https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2014/10/14/gov-uk-verify-public-beta/ https://identityassurance.blog.gov.uk/2014/10/14/gov-uk-veri...