But usually gov't will outsource to random 3rd parties, no?

In Finland they outsource the system to banks and telephone operators. Its a very strange system. As far as I know, its not possible to access government services just by being a citizen. You also have to have an account with one of these third parties to get in.

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gorbachev 36 minutes ago | parent [-]

It's also impossible to use if you're an expat, and you get locked out of every Government online system that requires strong identification.

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weberer 32 minutes ago | parent [-]

You can, but there's a couple extra hoops to jump through. You first have to go to the police station and get a state ID because banks don't accept US passports or Finnish residence permits for whatever reason. Then you can open an account at Nordea. Then you can go through Nordea's system for e-identification.

	▲	gorbachev 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Expat...as in Finnish citizen living abroad.

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padjo 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

One third party, managed by a public contract, seems much better than a parade of third parties for every service you interact with though right?

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bryanrasmussen 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

probably gov will outsource to 3rd party for gov to build system to track and manage ID. Sometimes though also to manage, as in Denmark's MitID mainly managed by NETS under government set rules.