Would be nice to be able to see it in action to get a better sense of it.
Belgium has had smartcard-based e-ID for nearly two decades now (and they've recently added alternative forms of authentication for some services). It hasn't been a terribly great success. People do use it, if reluctantly.
My biggest gripe with it is that whenever I have to authenticate or sign anything, I have no way of verifying what exactly I'm signing. I'm asked to enter a PIN, after which something is signed on the eID. But did I really just authenticate to the VAT service? Or did I agree to sell my first born child to Satan? I have no way to tell.
Belgium has had smartcard-based e-ID for nearly two decades now (and they've recently added alternative forms of authentication for some services). It hasn't been a terribly great success. People do use it, if reluctantly.
My biggest gripe with it is that whenever I have to authenticate or sign anything, I have no way of verifying what exactly I'm signing. I'm asked to enter a PIN, after which something is signed on the eID. But did I really just authenticate to the VAT service? Or did I agree to sell my first born child to Satan? I have no way to tell.