MitID, Denmarks sole digital ID, has been down for over an hour and counting

Re:MitID, Denmarks sole digital ID, has been down for over a... by VorpalWay on Friday February 27, 2026 @06:25AM (#47179251)

As I understand it, BankID in Sweden is still run by one organisation co-owned by the big banks, and banks handle verification for issuance. There is still a single point of failure for the operation of the system.

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Re:MitID, Denmarks sole digital ID, has been down for over a... by wasmitnetzen on Friday February 27, 2026 @07:20AM (#47179677)

There is technically a second provider, Freja, but that is basically only supported by government agencies, and even that is spotty.

There are talks about a state-provided one coming soon, because of EU E-ID laws.

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Re:MitID, Denmarks sole digital ID, has been down for over a... by Gravityloss on Friday February 27, 2026 @06:54AM (#47179512)

Well I'm in Finland and seems the system here has multiple independent services and is thus potentially more resilient.

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Re:MitID, Denmarks sole digital ID, has been down for over a... by Anonyneko on Friday February 27, 2026 @08:11AM (#47180129)

I was under the impression that all of those services and login methods rely on suomi.fi in the end, but I admit that I don't understand the system terribly well.

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Re:MitID, Denmarks sole digital ID, has been down for over a... by elygre on Friday February 27, 2026 @06:33AM (#47179320)

Same in Norway.

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