Identity Wallets News Today

The next stage of digital transformation and the place of biometrics in it was a common theme in the headlines on Biometric Update this week.

Europe is digitalizing its people's identification with a new "Digital Identity Wallet" program that many worry will allow the European Union (EU) tyrants in Brussels to manipulate and control the continent with greater ease.

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With a view to ensuring a trusted and secure digital identity for all Europeans, the EU Council presidency and European Parliament representatives reached on 8 November a provisional agreement on a new framework for a European digital identity (eID).

Over 300 cyber security experts and researchers from around the world have called for the EU to rethink its proposals for eIDAS digital identity reforms, saying some of the provisions are highly inappropriate and risk damaging user privacy and security.

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Many people are understandably interested in digital documents and other easy ways to access public services and complete tasks in a digital age. But these services and tools, when facilitated by states and adjacent governance structures, and unaccountable members of the private sector, come with significant ethical and surveillance concerns that should be extensively discussed and debated by the public.

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What is the European Digital Identity Wallet?

An open digital system built on pillars of interoperability requires harmonisation across Europe, writes Roland Eichenauer, VP and Head of Business Development, eSecurity & Digitisation at Nets.