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[–] MHard@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Unironically, in the EU with digital IDs it might actually be feasible to do a government ID login.

Sometimes I‘m thinking about hosting a lemmy instance that does that bit would not store your info just to fight the tide of astroturfing.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It’s finally getting more widespread use. I‘ve had a machine readable ID with biometrics for two decades before I was able to actually use it for the first time online.

[–] MHard@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I was really impressed that I could do my Spanish taxes with my German ID. Other government services don’t support it yet though