Comment by omnibrain

7 hours ago

The German ID card (Personalausweis) supports certificates and communication via NFC. I really don’t understand what’s all this about?

This is about what device you use to verify this. Currently, the ausweisapp on android allows you to authenticate to your authorities. However, this can also be done with a TAN generator and a user name and password like banks do.and them you dont need to depend on a trusted mobile phone.