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Today I visited a police station to renew the digital certificate inside my ID card. Spain was one of the first countries issuing electronics ID, starting by 2006. The digital certificate expires after two years, but it can be renovated in specific stands using your fingerprint as verification method.
Spanish ID card DNI 3.0
Digital identity
Having an electronic ID provides several advantages. You can use it to sign digital documents and to do lots of official procedures remotely, saving time for users and émployees for the government. However, in Spain the platform still has some issues because of the use of outdated software platforms. As sample of the bad working of this system, Firefox has not accepted to include the certificate for using the Spanish electronic ID, although it can be installed manually. However, the service has been gradually improving since its creation, and the unification of the identification under the Cl@ve platform has reduced the technical issues dramatically. The second version of the ID card includes an NFC chip for identification in Android devices.
Passports can also have an electronic chip. Automated border control systems (ABC) allow users with electronic passport to cross borders without borders agent intervention.
🇪🇸 Spanish passport and ID card chip reader
Estonia is the country with the most advanced electronic ID, which can be used for electronic voting and in public transport. Non resident can also obtain an electronic ID without obtainind citizenship, for uses such as company formation, banking and payment processing.
Do you have an electronic ID? Would you like to tell us about the experience using it?
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I think in all of the EU people have a similar ID card now. Plus lots of other electronic cards that have a similar purpose. Bank cards, credit cards, driving licence, health insurance cards, down to silly stuff like Payback cards and such. And even the mobile phone can be used to identify someone. It can be convenient, but it also has its risks. No system is 100% safe, and if your identity is hijacked, it can get really ugly.
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Yes, the EU is working at providing electronic ID cards to all its citizens and making its digital identification platforms interoperable.
This systems are very secure because the encryption keys never leave the chip card, which is only connected to other device at the moment of operation. Mobile phones are not nearly as secure because, despite the fact they have a secure chip (the SIM card), it is permanently connected to the phone, and mobile carrier procedures for SIM duplication are not secure.
However, as you said, no system is 100% safe. In october 2017, a vulnerability affecting millions of cards, including some Estonian an Spanish ID, was disclosed.
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