Convenient or intrusive? How Poland has embraced digital ID cards

From driving licence to local air quality, app offers myriad of features and has been rolled out to little opposition

Much is being said about Poland’s economy potentially overtaking Britain by 2030, but in some areas Poles are already ahead.

They can produce a digital identity card or driving licence and use an array of public services using a mobile app, mObywatel. When accessing it for the first time, users have to verify their identity by logging into electronic banking, using a digitally enabled physical ID card, or through a special “trusted profile” online.

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