One of the FAQ questions is: Will an American company soon be able to view my data?
This tells a lot about US street cred atm. This was added to the website not because of niche political activism but by a sizeable concern of the population.
Time to ditch DigiD?
Unfortunately we are locked in as citizens.
Maybe they should open up 'eHerkenning' to citizens as well instead of only companies. And a bit more competition should be good, like use your bank to sign-in into government services.
It's completely unacceptable and unconscionable for European countries to transfer any part of their critical infrastructure to the US after the US have already weaponised existing dependencies- for example putting the ICC under sanctions and blocking their access to Microsoft services. The cowardice of EU countries is really disgusting.
Really? So basically any organisation in any country that the current or future US administration may be hostile to (read everyone) should now be looking for an alternative. Seems short sighted on the USs end. Again.
I wonder why people look at this like a deer in the headlights. Replace Solvinity/Kyndryl with another 'provider'. Hire some competent people to migrate and operate it.
The Dutch sold nexperia to the Chinese, recently decided that going to MS software for their tax division is the best option and now this. Higher ups seem to really be sleeping at the wheel.
There is a banner warning at the DigiD website (in dutch) about this: https://www.digid.nl/solvinity
One of the FAQ questions is: Will an American company soon be able to view my data?
This tells a lot about US street cred atm. This was added to the website not because of niche political activism but by a sizeable concern of the population.
Time to ditch DigiD? Unfortunately we are locked in as citizens.
Maybe they should open up 'eHerkenning' to citizens as well instead of only companies. And a bit more competition should be good, like use your bank to sign-in into government services.
eHerkenning cost 100eur/user/year for the most basic functionality. That’s a significant amount to pay for by the government
That is why the suggestion for competition is there.
DigiD is a bit less indeed, estimation: €239M GDI-budget / ~17M users ≈ ~€14 per user per year.
It’s 15-25 and you get a free grant of 25 per year
It's completely unacceptable and unconscionable for European countries to transfer any part of their critical infrastructure to the US after the US have already weaponised existing dependencies- for example putting the ICC under sanctions and blocking their access to Microsoft services. The cowardice of EU countries is really disgusting.
>blocking their access to Microsoft services.
Really? So basically any organisation in any country that the current or future US administration may be hostile to (read everyone) should now be looking for an alternative. Seems short sighted on the USs end. Again.
I wonder why people look at this like a deer in the headlights. Replace Solvinity/Kyndryl with another 'provider'. Hire some competent people to migrate and operate it.
The infrstructure is currently run by the Brits?
If not DigiD, then what else would even qualify for 'SECRET NOFORN' ?
The Dutch sold nexperia to the Chinese, recently decided that going to MS software for their tax division is the best option and now this. Higher ups seem to really be sleeping at the wheel.
Netherlands as well as Denmark went more into MS than some other countries. Turns out it was bad choice.
This makes no sense
This is disgusting. Seriously, how is this even allowed?
“Our government does not want to offend the Americans because it is afraid of reprisals,” -- from the article