I'm not talking about some abstract sense of "did the government do anything at all today", I am saying "good on the government for doing something in this specific case instead of doing nothing and letting it be sold", which was a possible outcome, and in fact the default outcome of the vast, vast majority of acquisitions is that the government does nothing to intervene.
replyCould they do something better, sure. I am still glad to see they did something at all.
I can sign in to DigID without using my phone, except sometimes with an SMS verification code. (Of course they want to, and should, phase that out. Hopefully that won't be replaced by app store dependence.)
replyWhat alternative is there, today, that would allow securely doing this without an app store dependency?
replyOnly a few EU countries have rolled out NFC-based eID functionality (as only physical ICAO-based ID verification via NFC is a mandatory part of the EU ID card standard); those are the only ones with a viable path forward in the short term.
The default will likely be the app, but if you have an NFC reader you should be able to use your passport or ID to authenticate as well.
replyThe app has the benefit of being free, getting a working reader costs 60-90 euros last time I checked and Linux driver support isn't great.
Uhm, no, DigiD works without Play Services:
replyhttps://www.logius.nl/actueel/qr-code-scanner-digid-app-werk...
(Also works fine on my GrapheneOS phone with only basic integrity, also worked on microG when I tested.)
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