The new German eId card has security, privacy and usability limitations.
I recently learnt that the new German identity card (or nPA for neuer Personalausweis has security, privacy and usability problems. This was brought to my attention during a number of discussions with...
View ArticleProving your age with IRMA (without revealing you’re a dog)
In the IRMA (I Reveal My Attributes) project we are working to make attribute based credentials practical. IRMA provides very efficient implementations of such credentials on (contactless) smart cards....
View ArticleDoes a centralised eID service in the German eID system pose a privacy risk?
Ideally, a relying party that needs to verify certain attributes of a user would do so all by himself. However, in the new German eID system there are currently 7 so called eID service providers that...
View ArticleAn eID should not be linked exclusively to an identity card.
Many countries that have an electronic identity (eID) system attach the eID chip to a classical identity card. From a historical perspective this is a natural approach (eIDs have evolved from the...
View ArticleIRMA versus Frau Mustermann: the advantages of using attribute based...
In our IRMA project we develop a platform to support attribute based credentials (ABC) on a smart card. We believe the IRMA scheme is more secure and more flexible than the attestation based approach...
View ArticleWhen will users drop their passwords (and move to a more secure form of...
Today I read an interesting paper by Marian Harbach and colleagues from the University of Hannover. They have studied the factors that influence the acceptance of new methods authentication online. In...
View ArticleeID stelsel wijzigt koers – en raakt daarmee van de wal in de sloot.
De Nederlandse overheid werkt al een aantal jaren aan een nieuw eID stelsel (een elektronische vorm van identificatie online) ter vervanginging van DigiD. Dat is ook wel nodig, want DigiD is kwetsbaar,...
View ArticleHoe staat het met het eID stelsel?
Eergisteren nam ik deel aan een debat over het nieuwe Nederlandse eID stelsel (oftewel Idensys zoals het nu heet. Eerder schreef ik over de rampzalige gevolgen van de destijds nieuwe koers van het...
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