Re:EU Digital ID wallet is coming
by stingraycharles on Thursday June 30, 2022 @01:33PM
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Isn’t outsourcing incredibly common for this type of thing? Not saying I am particularly fond of Thales (I’m not), but I have extremely low expectations of an EU in-house software development team. All things considered, I’d expect a military contractor to be proficient at security as well.
If your concern is the lack of transparency, then I agree. This needs to be open technology.
> If your concern is the lack of transparency, then I agree. This needs to be open technology.
Yes, exactly. My understanding is that openness is not really in Thales' culture.
> I have extremely low expectations of an EU in-house
I agree that modern ergonomics and convenience are not usually the strengths of in-house gov IT in the EU. But sometimes the basics got done right. I'm thinking of some of the smaller countries' digital/electronic IDs. Also, setting aside all ethical questions, the technical side of EU Covid passes was ok, as far as I understood.
The article is way worse than that. It's about outsourcing government surveillance to military hardware maker Thales, who is proudly explaining how they'll do it using their exclusive proprietary technology.