121–130 of 161 posts
As a Dutch person this is the only bit I was never able to get/register for since it got introduced. Requested it since like 2003/2004 or something.
Luckily Corona made them realize you can also do it over a Skype call.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the baffling side of the EU to all outsiders/newcomers. When I first moved here, that was my first thought as well. There is just so much in common, why repeat everything everywhere instead of single effort with branches everywhere?! (police force, consular services, Identity services, and pretty much any Government paperwork one can think of, transportation services etc). However, the population is very loca…
> I do wish doing things at EU level becomes the norm, and individualities slowly disappear. Unless you reach an economic moment where you can pay the same to a policeman in Sweden and a policeman in Greece there is never going to be a socioeconomic identity that would allow you to aggregate all these people in some sort of federation police force. Same for rail, same for most anything where there is a cost or expens…
Why?
Localized pay has been a thing for literally centuries, across a wide swath of fields.
This is not about standardized pay, but about resource sharing.
Imagine a study about an uptick in a certain type of crime. Easier on one big force, than 20 little ones.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's the frontend app. Even script kiddies can download it from the Play Store and decompile it.
There was a request (foia/woo) made to obtain source code for frontend and backend. The latter is still being considered to be released as well.
Overall this will improve the security of the system, if only from the people I've seen offer their time (for nothing!) to ensure that this process is a success.
.Net cross platform!
Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is real and a serious threat. Both the company I work in and I (personal account) have been targeted with this specific method. I got tens of random notification pop-ups on my phone in different days and I almost approved it once. It didn’t stop until I disabled login using that specific email address altogether. Edit: I received the notifications for Microsoft Authenticator app
Wouldn't a password prompt before sending the message effectively put an end to that as well?
So yeah, MFA fatigue is a thing and a PIN lock on the notification is not going to survive for very long given these OEM shenanigans...
Edit: Also M$ Auth app offers no proper export of my MFA keys, so I am stuck in this walled garden :')
Speaking as an immigrant from America, I really like DigiD! I wish the US had something even remotely similar. The fact that we do not have a standardized national ID easily available to everyone is embarrassing. DigiD has some minor annoyances, but it's a helluva lot better than some alternatives I could think of.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a great app, doesn't do "much" except sending some government news from time to time. It was used a lot during Covid because it showed your negative QR code.
Well, apart from sending highly targeted updates to citizens, it is also used for: 1. receiving payment request for car tickets that you can pay right away with the credit card you saved in the app 2. receiving pending tax payments for local and national taxes that, again you can pay right away in the app 3. it was used for the national cashback program as a mean to enroll citizens, register the payment cards that co…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The 'Hoog' level seems to allow computer-connected readers, though. This should theoretically be a superset of 'Substantieel'. Windows and Mac only, though. https://www.logius.nl/domeinen/toegang/digid/hoe-werkt-het
That might change when the new EIDAS regulation is released (the levels come from that legislation).
Great so now we can be sure some hacker working at an intelligence agency or criminal syndicate reads this and now knows how to hack DigiD, which is basically the Dutch government's SSO. After you get in you can do all kinds of things like apply for student loans, passport taxes etc. There will be another layer of security but still.. this is not great. Don't get me wrong I am not against publishing source code but t…
1. A safe that's been sitting on a public square for ten years, which the best safe-crackers in the world have tried – and failed – to break.
2. A safe hidden in a secret room that no one is allowed to access, but the manufacturer claims it's safe without real evidence beyond "trust me".