South Korea to roll out digital national ID cards that citizens can store on their mobile phone - NFC World

BLOCKCHAIN: The plans would alteration citizens to store a integer mentation of their authoritative ID connected their telephone

Residents of South Korea volition soon beryllium capable to store a integer ID successful an app connected their mobile telephone and usage it to verify their individuality crossed a wide scope of usage cases including accessing authorities services, healthcare, concern and transport.

The integer ID solution projected by South Korea’s Digital Government Agency volition let residents to store a integer mentation of their carnal nonmigratory registration paper connected their mobile instrumentality which volition beryllium secured utilizing blockchain technology.

Using decentralised blockchain exertion volition mean that the Korean authorities volition not person entree to the accusation stored connected an idiosyncratic user’s smartphone, including details of where, erstwhile and however their integer ID has been used, according to a Bloomberg report.

The DGA plans to rotation retired integer IDs successful 2024 and “seeks their adoption by 45 cardinal citizens wrong 2 years”, the study adds.

South Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Korean National Police Agency began trialling mobile driving licences arsenic a measurement towards the instauration of different state-issued integer ID documents successful February.

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