Comment by phito
3 days ago
In Europe we have itsme. You link the phone app to your ID, then you can use it to scan QR codes to log into websites.
3 days ago
In Europe we have itsme. You link the phone app to your ID, then you can use it to scan QR codes to log into websites.
"In Europe" is technically true but makes it sound more widely used than I believe it to be... though maybe my knowledge is out of date.
Their website lists 24 supported countries (including some non-EU like UK and Norway, and missing a few of the 27 EU countries) - https://www.itsme-id.com/en-GB/coverage
But does it actually have much use outside of Belgium?
Certainly in the UK I've never come across anyone, government or private business, mentioning it - even since the law passed requiring many sites to verify that visitors are adults. I wouldn't even be familiar with the name if I hadn't learned about its being used in Belgium.
Maybe some other countries are now using it, beyond just Belgium?
Oh I wasn't aware of that. I remember a Dutch friend talking to me about a similar app they had. Maybe they have a re-branded version of it?
One problem with solutions like that is the the website needs to pay for every log in. So you save a few dollars blocking scrapers but now you have to pay thousands of dollars to this company instead.
Im from europe I never heard about it
In Singapore, we have SingPass, which is also an OpenID Connect implementation.