This is EU wide since at least 2014/2015. I remember getting it issued by the post office a long time ago, probably around 2010 or sooner.
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/trust-services-and-eid It allows notary quality document, encryption, transmittal, signing and personal authentication. Good enough for courts, banks, property transactions, police, almost any legal secure and verifiable government/citizen/business communication. It also comes with electronic post box, AKA funny looking encrypted webmail. Tomas On Tue, May 5, 2020, 10:42 John Sechrest <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that a true digital identity is one of the enabling technologies > that will transform much of our lives. > > The Estonian E-residency provides a path to having a validated digital > identity. > > having community based ID systems struggle with a model to keep them > financially viable. > So having some mechanism where the ID process is secure and unique is > important. > > It sounds like you have a tool that might be helpful for that. > > Have you explored Estonian E-residency? > > Singapore and India and the UN are starting to apply that model. And > Estonia has been pushing the idea across Europe. > > I would love to have my Drivers license be the foundation for a digital > id. > > If you like, I can introduce you to someone who help build the X-Road that > is one of the back end technologies to support the Estonian Digital > Government. > > I now believe that internet based conversations (like Youtube comments, > Twitter or faceboo) should be backed by a verified digital ID, so that when > the trolls start trolling, they get blocked permanently. Anonymous posting > is a substrate for troll infection. > > So meaningful hardware to support a real Digital ID is important. > > Let me know if you want to do this talk as a Youtube/zoom talk. > > > > On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 9:04 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Would it be possible to create a universal personal code? I mean not > > > part of a corporation like Google, or a nation, like the USA. It would > > > have to be run by a totally independent organization, one that everyone > > > trusts implicitly. > > > > Years ago, I had a business account at Pacific Continental > > Bank (now merged with Columbia Bank). I visited the > > Beaverton branch perhaps two or three times a year. > > At least two employees would greet me with my first > > name when I walked in. > > > > There are people with the skill of recognizing tens of > > thousands of individuals on sight. Combine that skill > > with vetting and training, and you have the core of an > > "identification company", whose mission is to verify > > your identity, and authenticate you to others. > > > > It would be too easy to hack online without the F2F > > component, but this could be a two step process, where > > the people at the service identify you, then implant a > > chip that can (indirectly) identify you by private-key- > > signing a transaction. I'd combine that with another > > device that visually or sonically indicates that your > > imbedded chip is being accessed. Of course, the chip > > signature and associated online information should be > > changed frequently; the chip might contain hundreds of > > digital keys, externally changeable with yet another > > digital programming key. > > > > For ordinary commercial and personal tasks, this would > > be a "nice to have"; for an emergency room doctor needing > > access to patient records Right Now Only, it could be a > > literal lifesaver. > > > > In any case, something you are, something you have, and > > something you know ... and NOBODY ELSE KNOWS, /not/ the > > name of your grade school ... are three good ways to > > identify you. Somebody skilled at knowing YOU would be > > a good fourth way, and how we've identified each other > > for millenia. > > > > Full disclosure: for decades, I licensed a technology > > for large dense arrays of truly random, permanent bits. > > With modern silicon processes, tens of megabits of > > random bits in an area smaller than the cross section > > of a hair. The bits can be permanently sequestered > > from external observation; one of our clients used the > > technique to encrypt physical fingerprints in hardware. > > > > Now that the patents have expired, it is open technology, > > so perhaps I should present it to a silicon equivalent of > > PLUG. Next year, after we get rid of the plague, double > > entendre intentional. > > > > Keith > > > > -- > > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > -- > John Sechrest . 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