Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down • Hacker News Board

Re: Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down

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Post by AngryData » Sun, Mar 01, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC

ThePowerOfFuet wrote: post #137

dijit wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also British, living across the bridge in Malmö, Sweden. I really like the centralised system, it makes navigating society surprisingly easy when compared to say, Germany or the UK. The difference is that I sort of trust the Swedish government, they've never really done anything to breach that trust - up to and including their handling of COVID (while controversial, they took the stance of individual liberty and a "c…

>incarcerating people for saying the phrase "we love bacon" at a construction site You conveniently neglected to mention that it was the site where a _mosque_ was being constructed. Changes things a bit.

How does it change anything? Being an asshole should not be a crime, that is way too fine a line to ever be a productive or worthwhile endeavor. Should we arrest someone for being like "Jesus is a level 16 Lich" or saying god is vengeful and bloodthirsty or joke about wearing mixed fabrics? Even just straight up saying "I hate you and hate your religious beliefs" shouldn't be a crime, there is nobody who would claim being liked or agreed with was a right.

Re: Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down

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Post by Kate5477 » Sun, Mar 01, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC

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Re: Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down

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Post by Kate5477 » Sun, Mar 01, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

dijit wrote: post #17

Terrifying to live in a digital economy when something like this happens. You're usually about 1 service away from realising that the "money you have" is just an int32, that, if everything works properly, you can modify. Otherwise you have nothing except a pretty little plastic card. (I'm aware that payments systems are not affected, but it's a sobering realisation that I've had a couple of times, but it works enough…

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Re: Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down

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Post by thraway54321 » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC

dijit wrote: post #90

cess11 wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BankID is not a government thing, it's developed by a company founded by a bank consortium. Once upon a time the state aimed to build an public good in this space but bank representatives in the committee responsible managed to block it. I was under the impression that it doesn't work under GrapheneOS, great news that it does. Other than that it shares some of the characteristics detailed above, refusing to run if it…

BankID also doesn't have Windows support. There's a defunct app that used smart-cards but it's fully deprecated and does not function. But yes, it's owned by the banks not the state; if anything though this increases its weakness. You can use BankID to identify with the tax agency, the public health services and police. (and more: this is just what I'm aware of) and there's an expectation that you have a BankID.

This information is incorrect, I would know since Windows is the only platform I use BankID on. The app was updated just a few weeks ago as well, so fully deprecated is not how I would describe the situation.