Ben Werdmuller on Nostr: Switzerland just voted to create a new electronic ID card (the Swiss introduced ...
Switzerland just voted to create a new electronic ID card (the Swiss introduced physical ones in 1955). It's stored locally on your device, you personally approve requests for your data, and is designed to prevent profiling. Contrast to, for example, Britain's centralized proposal.
https://www.eid.admin.ch/en/e-id-ePublished at
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