The Estonian system is incredibly insecure. Not only because of legal and procedural errors, but also because of technical issues. Some references: https://jha

The Estonian system is incredibly insecure. Not only because of legal and procedural errors, but also because of technical issues. Some references: https://jhalderm.com/pub/papers/ivoting-ccs14.pdf https://jhalderm.com/pub/papers/ivoting-ccs14.pdf ( Lookup the ID-card part. ) http://www.wassenaar.org/ http://www.wassenaar.org/ ( Crypto is defined as a "dual use" weapon. ) The worst aspect of the estonian ID-card is simply the fact that your private key is not private, and stored in the card itself. You as a user, can not revoke or resign it. At the same time however, it holds full legal status and dominion over your identity.