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German Government Introduces Digital Signatures

Posted by timothy on from the weakest-link dept.

bertvl writes: "From this article on CNN: Germany's federal government is introducing electronic signatures for its employees, a step it hopes will help make the security procedure generally accepted in the country. More than 200,000 employees of ministries and agencies will be able to sign electronic documents using a chip card with an encrypted key, giving them the same legal weight as paper documents with a handwritten signature, the federal Cabinet said in a statement Thursday."

2 of 210 comments (clear)

  1. Correction to CNN (bad coding) by bildstorm · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    CNN incorrectly reported the prices as yen. The should be Euro

    Not ¥ but €

    I bet lots of Japanese wish that ¥60 was close to $53....

    (This is just like the use of duel instead of dual, when they asked Nicole Kidman about her dual citizenship. CNN has really gone downhill.)

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    The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - G.B. Shaw
  2. Re:Germany by GrafZahl · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    There's a lot of debate currently on whether the Reichstag (the German parliament) should switch to linux.

    Burning my karma here, but please don't call it Reichstag. The building is the old Reichstag, but it has got nothing to do with the current use of it. The Nazis are gone a long time ago and now they call it 'Der Bundestag' in the Reichstag building.

    The Germans use Reichstag to describe the building. The political institution Reichstag is gone a long time ago.

    Rgds,
    REB