Comment Re:Belgium Population Explains eID (Score 1) 331
In my experience, even when people ask NOT to print the RRN on the card, they still do.
And some more bad news. The RRN is not just on the chip, but it is part of the public key certificate.
So every time you use the E-id to authenticate yourself or to sign something, you have to pass along the public key certificate, which includes your RRN.
And I thought supermarket loyalty cards were bad!
Someone told me the use of the a unique identification number for people is against the constitution in Germany. So, hopefully the EU will harmonize e-id's in the future and make sure no unique identification number is used on it. The German constitutional court wouldn't look kindly on the whole thing otherwise. A serial number may be necessary, but that doesn't mean it should be the RRN.
And some more bad news. The RRN is not just on the chip, but it is part of the public key certificate.
So every time you use the E-id to authenticate yourself or to sign something, you have to pass along the public key certificate, which includes your RRN.
And I thought supermarket loyalty cards were bad!
Someone told me the use of the a unique identification number for people is against the constitution in Germany. So, hopefully the EU will harmonize e-id's in the future and make sure no unique identification number is used on it. The German constitutional court wouldn't look kindly on the whole thing otherwise. A serial number may be necessary, but that doesn't mean it should be the RRN.
