ID card for Internet safer than DigiD

- Netherlands now has an electronic identity card: for identification on the street and on the Internet. Minister Plasterk of Interior presented this afternoon in The Hague the first eNIK to resident Jan language.

The eNIK is actually an ordinary ID card but with a special chip. With an included reader can be logged on government websites, such as for doing the annual tax return or to apply surcharges. Now that may still only DigiD, but the government wants to make it possible that can be signed by other means.

A total of 500 residents of The Hague long will test run a half years with the system. In Eindhoven and Groningen are like pilots, but with licenses. The main advantage seems to be that a DigiD issued without real contact and only a login name and password- sometimes supplemented with an SMS code- are required to log an identity card or driving license must be collected himself, log can then customize and a PIN. The eNIK compared with DigiD extra protection against cybercrime and identity theft.

At the same time also piloted with private sign means for digital public services, for example with an app. After evaluating the various pilot projects, the government takes a final decision on the use of this sign means.