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[–] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There are two PINs, PIN1 for ZKP and PIN2 for digital signing. The card does nothing without one.

Most EU countries provide some way for citizens to sign documents using a private key tied to their legal personage.

Putting it on the ID card they are given anyway just makes sense.

My final paragraph is there to explain that a lot of "digital signatures" aren't really signatures in any meaningful way. What goes into the actual file doesn't matter at all, UNLESS it's the aforementioned cryptographic signature.

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