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1538 points gaws | 4 comments | 06 Nov 24 21:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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vallode ◴[06 Nov 24 21:56 UTC] No.42070100[source]▶
Oh! Something I took a part in on HN. That's a first. Almost everything there was practical. Highly recommend checking out all of Max's work, beaming with creativity.
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edm0nd ◴[06 Nov 24 23:23 UTC] No.42071137[source]▶
So its not mentioned on the post but is this your actual passport photo that was accepted and used and you have it on your physical passport right now?
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vallode ◴[07 Nov 24 05:40 UTC] No.42073756[source]▶
I'm not sure anyone tried to actually use it as a passport photo. Would have been a great touch though.
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latexr ◴[07 Nov 24 11:41 UTC] No.42075799[source]▶
Would that even work? Are you not in Europe, where passport photos are taken on location?
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1. tauntz ◴[07 Nov 24 14:41 UTC] No.42077011[source]▶
> where passport photos are taken on location

Europe is not a single thing and that statement is not correct.

I'm in Estonia (which is in the EU) and you can either submit a picture online or take the picture on location.

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2. philsnow ◴[07 Nov 24 18:43 UTC] No.42079532[source]▶
An oddball question, but do you have that government document/card that also works as a smartcard to create digital signatures? Does that get used typically in interactions with the government (or maybe even businesses)?
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3. workfromspace ◴[07 Nov 24 23:35 UTC] No.42082378[source]▶
Not gp, but a resident:

    > do you have that government document/card that also works as a smartcard to create digital signatures?
Yes. All ID and residence cards in Estonia include an embedded certificate pair for login (via PIN1) and sign (via PIN2).

    > Does that get used typically in interactions with the government
ID Cards, SmartID and MobileID are the only ways to login to any government system or bank. (Some banks also have PIN calculators).

Extra info:

Instead of ID cards, on a daily basis most people use SmartID (same as ID cards, but as a mobile app) or MobileID (same, but embedded to the SIM card) for auth operations.

Many computers in the government, hospitals and schools have a keyboard with an ID card slot and users can (or sometimes are required to) use their ID cards to log in.

There's also a free-software DigiDoc4 app available for Desktop and Mobile, which allows users to sign or encrypt any document or folder for free, using one of the 3 authentication methods mentioned above. You can use it to sign contracts like rent or business.

4. tauntz ◴[20 Nov 24 12:27 UTC] No.42193321[source]▶
Late answer but just a note that if you're interested in the tech aspect of it, then the Estonian ID cards implement the IAS ECC spec for all the public key stuff:

> The application enabling PKI functionalities in Estonian eID Documents is IAS-ECC, a sophisticated but standardised solution conforming to CEN TS 15480-2 (European eID) with extra features.