Swiss voters narrowly approve plan for electronic ID cards

Well at least the e-ID will be open-source and regularly audited by independent companies. There will be a centralized server but it will only store non-sensitive information such as validity of keys, how many keys were created per user, etc. so the sensitive tasks will be decentralized. The users will need to request a new e-ID each time they change their smartphone. In addition, using an e-ID to prove your identity will only expose the necessary informations. For instance, your address won’t be exposed if an organization only need to know your gender or age. Your exact age wouldn’t be exposed. Only the fact that you have the age required.

Other unique identifiers will be kept secret.

The state won’t know when and who shows an e-ID.

So yeah. Maybe not ideal but could be much worse

Source Bar_Erlaeuterungen_September_2025_fr.pdf (842.7 KB)

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