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>ID Card is compulsory

>760,000 ID cards will be blocked

>in country of 1.3 million

>I have no idea how I can declare monthly VAT numbers

It is bad but could be worse. People are signing up for MobileID and there is still possible to update ID cards via going to the office.

But poor people abroad. Basically they will be cut off from all the services.

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Other nations can watch and learn on Estonia's mistakes. The big question is: can such a scenario (a faulty chip) be completely eliminated?

As I understand, not really. Only prepare.

Although people are unhappy and annoyed, I think it is right decision to close the ID cards. This can be recovered from. If they were compromised, the trust would be gone.

I'm located in South America and I was able to update the certificates online.

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