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Re:Estonia blocks electronic ID cards over identity-theft risk by dullgiulio on Friday November 03, 2017 @09:30AM (#15619028)
And again, what the parent says in untrue. You can sign documents with your phone and still take part of the expiring public tender he describes.
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Re:Estonia blocks electronic ID cards over identity-theft risk by dekrg on Friday November 03, 2017 @09:43AM (#15619129)
Yes, but you need to already have Mobile-ID for that. To get a Mobile-ID you need ID-Card with valid certs.

So if a person doesn't already have Mobile-ID and their ID-Card certs are blocked they can't get a Mobile-ID and thus they can't access any digital government services.

It's not like this is purely theoretical - large number of Estonian Id-Card will have their certs blocked and not everyone has Mobile-ID.

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Re:Estonia blocks electronic ID cards over identity-theft risk by bragh on Friday November 03, 2017 @12:36PM (#15620438)
1. Mobile-ID requires a pretty good cellphone connection to work properly and avoid getting timeouts.

2. Mobile-ID requires you to pay for signing up and after that, 1€/month to your mobile provider.

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