Electronic ID

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(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

Note: Katia is variant spelling of
Katya.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katya

(2) Identity providers |  The voucher business; Which firms will profit from proving your identity online?  Economist, Feb 9, 2013.
http://www.economist.com/news/in ... ne-voucher-business

Quote:

"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.