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  1. Already reality in Germany by the_real_nugator · · Score: 1 · on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden

    This has been a reality in Germany since 2009 where it's called Handyporto (mobile postage).

    http://www.deutschepost.de/mlm.nf/dpag/images/flashapps/handyporto_bin/index.htm

  2. Has been around for a while by radl · · Score: 1 · on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden

    In Germany Deutsche Post started this more than two years ago http://www.deutschepost.de/mlm.nf/dpag/images/flashapps/handyporto_bin/index.htm For reasons unknown until today I never recieved a letter with the so called "Handyporto". Maybe this is because they are charging text message porto customers 72% more per letter (0.95 € Handyporto VS 0.55 € regular stamps). But this is just a wild guess...

  3. Already available in Germany by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden

    (though I've never seen anyone actually use it)

    See http://www.deutschepost.de/mlm.nf/dpag/images/flashapps/handyporto_bin/index.htm and http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handyporto (both in German)

  4. Re:out of thin air? by smurfsurf · · Score: 1 · on Germany Builds Encrypted, Identity-Confirmed Email

    http://service.deutschepost.de/faq/wie-steht-die-deutsche-post-zum-geplanten-de-mail-gesetz

    Natürlich unterstützen wir die De-Mail-Initiative des Bundes und werden – sobald das Gesetz in Kraft ist – eine Akkreditierung als De-Mail-Anbieter beantragen.
    Schon jetzt erfüllt der E-POSTBRIEF die hierfür erforderlichen Standards, soweit sie nach dem derzeitigen Gesetzesentwurf absehbar sind.

    (Loose translation: We support the de-mail intiative and will apply for an accredition as soon as the law is enacted. e-postbrief already meets all criteria of the upcoming law.)

    They were stalling the legislation, but they have no chance but to participate as they could not stop it.

  5. Postal Service by msbsod · · Score: 1 · on Combating Identity Theft

    The Postal Service in Germany offers a service called PostIdent. Customers and third parties can rely on this service. I am sure there is a post office in your neighborhood. Why is this service not available in the US?

    http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag?lang=de_DE&xmlFile =6394
    http://www.usps.com/all/welcome.htm?from=homedoorw aybar&page=0019allproducts

  6. Your competitors by Sven+Tuerpe · · Score: 1 · on An Online ID Registry
    The question of how to verify online identity has been bugging me for a while now, so eventually I just sat down and wrote a prototype for an Online ID Registry.

    Try POSTIDENT.

  7. Re:Say it ain't so! by deragon · · Score: 3, Funny · on Fathers of Linux Revealed: Tooth Fairy & Santa Claus
    He is. Canada Post forwards the mail to him.

    Check section "Santa Letter Writing Program" at: http://www.postescanada.ca/corporate/about/jobs/tr aditions-e.asp

    Even the german post acknowledge this, Canada being the direct link to the North Pole. :)

  8. Re:Deutsche Post did that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on USPS To Provide Personal Identity Certification

    It's called "PostIdent". Direct banks use it to authenticate customers, for example. Here is more information about this service (in English).

  9. Re:Deutsche Post did that by BlueWonder · · Score: 2, Interesting · on USPS To Provide Personal Identity Certification
    Shortly after digital signatures became legally equivalent to regular signatures in Germany, Deutsche Post (the German postal service) offered digital authentication.

    Maybe I misunderstand the Federal Register text, but I think the USPS doesn't intend to act as a CA itself, but to verify the identity of people for other CAs. The closest Deutsche Post equivalent to that would be PostIdent.

  10. Re:What's the big panic about SSNs? by tlk+nnr · · Score: 3, Informative · on UT Austin Hit By Massive Security Breach

    So, do you provide those documents when you apply for a credit card via mail?

    In Germany, the post offers a service called postident - the mail carrier will only give you the letter if you show him your passport, and he'll send the passport number back to the sender of the letter.

    The system is in place for years, afaik it's the only way to open accounts at internet only banks. No need for a magic SSN.
  11. Re:freedom by BlueWonder · · Score: 1 · on Campaign for Free Software in the Bundestag

    To the contrary, monopolies are allowed in Germany, even if a company did not grow to that by itself. The Deutsche Telekom (telecommunications) and the Deutsche Post (postal service) are two examples of such companies. The latter even has its monopoly on delivering letters granted by the government (albeit for a limited time only).

    Like in the U.S., abuse of a monopoly is not allowed in Germany.