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Re:German university issues 38k passwords by hand after malw... by Tomte on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:36AM (#21825871)
I've had an Estonian e-Residency card. I had to pick it up at an Estonian police station and show my official government ID.

I don't see why a German university demanding the same for a comparable cryptographic certificate is bad.

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Re:German university issues 38k passwords by hand after malw... by ga-vu on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:03PM (#21828071)
It's not a "a comparable cryptographic certificate"

It's just a plaintext password

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Re:German university issues 38k passwords by hand after malw... by Tomte on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:16PM (#21828227)
The student id card has a comparable certificate on it, as far as I understand it.
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