| > I hear regularly is that having a mandatory centralised and cryptographic ID system really expedites certain ID-related tasks. Paper signatures and fax are both considered obsolete, the latter is basically never used. Cheques? Never seen them. Logging into any high-value service is done using the eID. If you use local services there's rarely any need for any site specific passwords, password managers, U2F, FIDO(2), GPG or similar identity technology. There's no need to send a pic of yourself to verify your identity anywhere, zero shit like that. You know how PayPal, Stripe or similar payment processors felt/feel really cool and fast? Yeah, we barely felt that because banklinks have fulfilled that use case for the majority for a really long time now. There aren't any other examples on the top of my head right now, but they're really not the only things. By now, there's basically an entire generation in Estonia that literally have zero idea how things were before, and are thus often shocked by what and how much is required from them in other countries. > Are there companies like Jumio and Acuant in Estonia, or has the government rendered them pointless? They're basically nonexistent. |