European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple

Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by intrasight on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @09:55AM (#48732819)

I just dont buy the argument that it would be that expensive for the governments to provide certified keychain fobs that provide hardware based identification.

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Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by wqaatwt on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @11:07AM (#48733795)

That was an option for the past 15+ tears at least in some EU countries. Its just not very convenient (garbage tier software they bought didn’t help either).

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Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by nradov on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @11:30AM (#48734153)

It's pretty expensive to deal with all of the technical support and identity verification work when people lose their devices and need to have credentials reset.

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Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by lokar on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @11:35AM (#48734240)

How do the apps bootstrap identity? Do they just use Apple/google (that seems really bad), or do they have you do some verification and input a token into the app somehow?

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Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by deaux on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @02:07PM (#48736759)

It's even more expensive to have your country's digital ID held hostage by the US or its big tech players.

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Re:European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple by haagch on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @04:16AM (#48743685)

Here in Germany everyone who has an ID card, which is basically everyone, already has a secure chip for this purpose.

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