alt Hacker NewsDutch gov't will only allow European company to operate DigiD platform
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Finally.
But now they want NL Wallet to use Google and Apple accounts for login, so this is happening again.
Finally taking the digital threath from USA, Israel and China serious.
Plot twist: the data will still be stored outside of the EU - the magic of cloud computing. :D
What if this European company decides to contract out its job to other continents?
IDK what it's like now, but DigiD used to be 2 racks in a separate cage. Even if you can access the floor, you're not getting physically near the servers.
Related:
Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier
Good luck with digital id. Not gonna play along. No matter what.
What's wrong with the government taking over admin of DigiD? I just don't understand why the government won't consider funding it. It's a public infrastructure service at this point.
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Why is DigiD even a product that needs constant maintenance? From my experience using it it's just a pretty simple authentication/data sharing system. Every oauth provider has something similar. Why is it a whole separate product that is owned by some company?
As a French person, I'm confused as to why DigiD is not a government-run project like FranceConnect is. I'm even more bewildered that an American company thought that they could take over the national identity management system of an European country, as if this was business as usual.