German university issues 38k passwords by hand after malware infection

Re:German university issues 38k passwords by hand after malw... by Tomte on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:42AM (#21825936)

I love what Estonia is doing, but we need to keep in mind that

(a) Estonia is a very young country, so they could start from scratch

(b) Estonia has very few citizens. At a guided tour in Tallinn the guide said that many of us came from cities more populous than their country. :-)

(c) Estonia is more... adventurous in some regards. They have a National DNA Database, for example. Try selling that in the country of the Gestapo and the Stasi.

(d) But first and foremost, it is great that there is a smallish country experimenting with all kinds of new stuff. The rest of Europe will benefit a lot, just by watching them and picking some of the things they already implemented and tested.

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Re:German university issues 38k passwords by hand after malw... by angry_octet on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:53PM (#21831911)

I ought to have googled! Of course they have an electronic ID card project, they have just been testing it from 2006-2010 and slowly issuing it since 2010 with 'turn on' in 2017 with a goal of 2020.

The Gemalto overview is fantastic: https://www.gemalto.com/govt/inspired/eid-in-germany

https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Topics/ElectrIDDocuments/German-e...

Edit: trying to submit the Gemalto Dec 2019 update as a new story but I seem to be banned from submitting stories. Merry xmas HN.

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