标题: Electronic ID [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 2-16-2013 11:36 标题: Electronic ID (1) Katia Moskvitch, Taiwan Easycard: Risks and rewards of your life on one card. BBC, Feb 14, 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21410362
"In the real world people identify themselves mainly by the crude but simple means of showing a government-issued identity document * * * Verifying online identities is trickier.
"European countries see a simple solution: government-issued electronic ID cards. Finland was the first to provide these in 1999; Estonia followed in 2002 and Belgium in 2003. Some 16 European states offer their citizens electronic ID (though only a few make them mandatory); seven grant the cards equal status to passports. The European Commission wants digital IDs issued by one member state to be recognised by the authorities in another.
"Once issued, a secure ID enables all sorts of dealings with the state authorities, from e-voting to paying taxes online.