As I said in another comment; Danes have a comparatively high trust in their government and the systems that are set up in the country. So if it’s assured that this way is more private and secure than alternatives, then that’s generally what’s believed.

I can already transfer money from one bank account to another without having to involve the government I don’t see the benefit in changing that.

This argument is strongly dependant on what country you’re in and what government you’re under. However, generally speaking, Danes have a pretty high trust in their government (compared to many other countries).

Yeah, I figured it was probably just rude bullshit. But I didn’t know where to take it from there. But good to know.

Well, on the flip side, stealing a credit card and using it online is a lot more difficult.

It’s only a dystopia if there comes a massive right wing shift in Denmark, like is happening with our neighbours in Germany.

However, I do recognise how easily these systems can be used for ulterior motives. What’s furthermore distressing is that Denmark is a huge supporter of chat control and has taken the lead in creating drafts to propose to the EU.

For now, NemID is a convenience.

For now.

I’ve only heard people complain about it when it didn’t work, which is rarely.

I returned to Denmark 11 years ago, and they had already implemented the whole NemID system. The only thing that changed is you now need an app instead of a card covered in tiny, hard to read numbers.

Negative, you can get a device if you want to. Even if you already have an active MitID app.

Tried getting one in Bispebjerg Kommun and they refused me. I had a smartphone. I told them that a security update bricked my phone’s security. I was told to simply buy a new phone.

So much so that they’ve occasionally taken out half the card readers on the platforms, by putting an advert for the app on them.

Last year lived with an Indian roommate who worked for DSB. Their big push for 2030 is to automate everything through smartphone tracking with the DSB app and facial recognition on train cameras. Their idea is that you won’t need to manually check in or out anymore.

They’ve already made several deals with Microsoft and Amazon for AI datacentre use, and the removal of card readers and the automated check-out option you can turn on in the DSB app are the first steps.

Well, here in Denmark you can get a NemKey device. But that’s only given to old people in care homes.

The other method would be doing everything by in-person appointments, which need to be booked weeks in advance and usually requires you to answer a list of security questions each time.

Essentially very annoying to do if you don’t have a smartphone, especially if you want to do something simple and quick. Like transferring money from your bank (logging into your bank account requires NemID), buying something online (verification done through NemID), transferring medical documents to a new doctor and/or changing home address (NemID log-in at the civil registry).

These are all things that can be done within seconds or minutes with your smartphone, but will take weeks (counting the time you have to wait for an appointment) if you want to do it “the old fashion way”.

In other words, here in Denmark the expectation is that you have a smartphone. Loads of services are now smartphone dependent, like taking public transport (tickets and check-in cards are slowly being phased out).

Dude, the world has been quite done with the US since before 2016. It’s now just hit parody levels of ridiculous.

In Denmark, as a citizen, you get an official secure email sort of thing attached to you NemID, called “eboks”.

NemID is a central account in the Danish registry that holds all your personal information, such as medical conditions, home address, bank accounts…

You are required to have an app on your smartphone called “MitID” which you use for logging into services related to your NemID.

Your NemID is being secured by a security company the Danish government hired called Nets. Security and encryption is handled by them, and the government and related elements will only send mail to your eboks, which requires you to log in with MitID.

Which, on its own, is rather troublesome… To put it mildly…

They have always been. It’s now just impossible to ignore.

Ok, now tar and feathers.

Amazon can ship anywhere within a day because use subcontractors and are working barely legally or straight up illegally in an effort to kill off all local logistics services.

It’s a rather big problem in Europe, and was a large point of discussion at the ETF Workshop this year.

I’ve completely lost track of the amount of people in Russia named Vladmir, Vladimir, Voldemir, and Volodimir.

Riot. Bloodshed.

You mean the assets the EU has seized and has started selling off?

Really, the only thing Russia has to rely on is China. They’ll get themselves so in-debt trying to rebuild their economy and China will have them by the balls (like they have with so many countries already).

But selling and loaning is only a temporary thing. None of that means a damned thing if it doesn’t result in something physical and real-world. But a lot of the population needed to make that possible is now lying face-down in Ukraine.

It became the new banking capital of the world because Europe was utterly devastated, needed to rebuild, but none of the currencies were worth shit.

It’s literally that which caused the United States to enter this wonderful golden age of capitalism.

I really hate it when American politician talk about this era as if America did something so right all by themselves. No, Europe was just destroyed. It made them money. You’re welcome.

To the next country… With what resources? They’re spending all their resources just to gain a few metres of territory over the course of an entire year.

All those young, able bodied working people dying to a drone attack after just two weeks of training.

Russia shouldn’t get a chunk of Ukraine as that will encourage them to invade other countries… If they’d have anything left to invade with.

See, the problem with all the “Russia will fall” rhetoric over the years is that the expectation is on a far too short time frame.

No, Russia will not fall tomorrow, or next month, or next year. And probably not even for the entire duration of this war. Hell, they might even get a chunk of Ukraine at the end of it.

But I doubt Russia will financially bounce back from this. Their “fall” is, in my eyes, going to be a slow and painful attempt to still have an economy as they realise winning isn’t really winning if you’ve spent everything on it.