Re:Estonia e-residency application now online
by jpatokal on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @08:15AM
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Katre left out a key word: per their About page, it's the first transnational digital identity available to anyone in the world. German ID cards are only for physical residents of Germany.
Re:Estonia e-residency application now online
by cesarb on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @09:33AM
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> German ID cards are only for physical residents of Germany.
No. If you're a German citizen you can get a German ID card, even if you never set foot in Germany. See for instance http://www.brasil.diplo.de/Vertretung/brasilien/pt/Konsulars... (in Portuguese, instructions on how to get a German ID card for Brazilian residents).
Re:Estonia e-residency application now online
by dragonwriter on Thursday May 14, 2015 @12:46AM
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That's probably correct, but Estonia's point is theirs is the first that requires neither citizenship nor physical residency.
What exactly do you mean with "the first government-backed digital identity"? The German Identity card, for example, can be used for online authentication and it can store a digital signature on its chip. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_identity_card#Chip ]