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Belgium Rolls Out Java ID Cards

Posted by michael on from the no-one-would-dare-hack-them-i'm-sure dept.

An anonymous submitter points us to this page describing Belgium's rollout of Java-based smart cards as a national ID card.

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  1. Java based??? by Beetjebrak · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Does a smartcard actually run a Java VM? I've always been under the impression that smartcards contain only data, and that applications run on the machines you plug your card into. Java-based smartcards sound like marketing speak to me really.

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