[abc123xyz]

I really hope this DOESNOT take off at EU level

The level of tracking and privacy violations online is already disturbing and downright creepy

This would take it to a whole new level.

There are other bad things possible, for example, I can already see Media Industry lawyers rubbing their hands, tie National ID cards to ISP database and overnight suing people would become easier.

[dscrd]

So how do you identify yourself over the Internet without this?

[newaccountfool]

The same way you have always done, with online accounts. There is no problem to solve here.

[riffraff]

the problem to solve here is that for each government service you get a different account.

One for the entity managing your retirement funds, one for the national healthcare, one for the tax filing, one for requesting a certificate etc, one for filing a request with the police etc, one for the city council services, one for the district, one for the region, one for the university, one for the separate agency that manages scholarships etc.

I am, honestly, listing the ones I had to cope with. In my country, each entity manages their own system, with different bugs, varying level of security and screw ups, incompatible data, delays of up to two weeks to receive a PIN when signing up for a new service and the occasional "wait, you are not supposed to exist" moments.

I'd take a unified, compatible multifactor auth system like the estonian one every day. Heck, there was even an OpenID bridge some years ago!

EDIT: it's still up apparently

https://openid.ee/en/

[jkaljundi]

There's also now an European cross-border service for digital signatures originating from Estonia: https://www.signwise.me/

[dscrd]

Have you ever tried to integrate to N different 3rd party ID providers? It's a jungle, and I'd happily see a competent national replacement.