Most public institutions as well as many private (including the banks) have switched to this system.
Our government already know just about everything about us (e.g. few people need to fill out tax forms), so this has not been very controversial. The largest controversy has been with the security.
And that is a very large controversy. Governments can't even get voting machines that a) work correctly and b) are tamper resistant. It scares me to death that the same contract/bidding system that produces the many monstrosities that support a basic right are going to produce this.
Actually I don't get why the gov makes people do one in the US and Canada. Most people have their income reported to the gov by their employer. That information should be downloadable by people and then what is missing could be filled in, mistakes fixed, deductions not already calculated added...
https://www.nemid.nu/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NemID
Most public institutions as well as many private (including the banks) have switched to this system.
Our government already know just about everything about us (e.g. few people need to fill out tax forms), so this has not been very controversial. The largest controversy has been with the security.