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Sure. The key is "ecosystem". A technical flaw notwithstanding, the PKI itself seems fine (Estonia also had a technical problem in this regard).

However the cards were simply rolled out: essentially the only practical difference for anyone between the old cards and the new was that there was a chip in it. But there was no surrounding infrastructure: government didn't take it, banks didn't take it -- there was no practical benefit. There were no mandates for use, no examples or or incentives. The country made greater provision for spelling reform than they did for the E-ID. There was a lot of unease about the idea of all that tracking...yet the card itself already leaks lots of unnecessary personal info (e.g. address) to anyone who glances at it.

Compare this to countries like Estonia who made a point of using the card as the easiest way to unlock government services and made it easy for companies to do the same.

This is touched on in English in this recent article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/22/new-id-law-aim...




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