In The Netherlands I wouldn't be able to login to any government or adjecent websites (e.g. portal of my local health center/GP, health insurance, retirement/pension insurance) without a smart phone running DigiD app for 2FA.
The non-EU Serbia has the equivalent app, but also you might be able to get individual/personal e-certificate (for logging into e-government or signing e-documents) added into smart card chip of your ID. But in practice it seems thats only used for business purposes, like CEO/Accountants/etc to sign/submit business records/taxes.
The DigiD app isn't required. You can log-in with DigiD using SMS 2FA. This is what I currently do, because I don't want to install closed-source software on my device.
In Belgium the eID software runs on GNU/Linux, so I can log in to government websites using my ID card and a card reader. In my experience it even works better on GNU/Linux than on MS Windows.
It's one of the only things that Belgium does right.
What about users with no smart phone?
No smartphnone and dependent on two US companies, is there an official complaint form?
EDIT: A possible way, https://european-union.europa.eu/contact-eu/write-us_en
In The Netherlands I wouldn't be able to login to any government or adjecent websites (e.g. portal of my local health center/GP, health insurance, retirement/pension insurance) without a smart phone running DigiD app for 2FA.
The non-EU Serbia has the equivalent app, but also you might be able to get individual/personal e-certificate (for logging into e-government or signing e-documents) added into smart card chip of your ID. But in practice it seems thats only used for business purposes, like CEO/Accountants/etc to sign/submit business records/taxes.
The DigiD app isn't required. You can log-in with DigiD using SMS 2FA. This is what I currently do, because I don't want to install closed-source software on my device.
In Belgium the eID software runs on GNU/Linux, so I can log in to government websites using my ID card and a card reader. In my experience it even works better on GNU/Linux than on MS Windows.
It's one of the only things that Belgium does right.
Original url / Statement by von der Leyen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47778263