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No, they should move DigiD out of that data center.

Pretty much all critical Dutch gov services are located in sovereign data centres across the Netherlands. Why they can't do it with DigiD baffles me. Especially because it is (or at least used to be) based on a plain Java and Oracle stack.

The alternatives iDIN and eHerkenning are commercial right? I know iDIN is from the banks and I definitely don't trust them. Unfortunately you can't do without them in today's society but I won't use them for this.

DigiD should just remain a government operation.

eHerkenning cost 100eur/user/year for the most basic functionality. That’s a significant amount to pay for by the government

That is why the suggestion for competition is there.

DigiD is a bit less indeed, estimation: €239M GDI-budget / ~17M users ≈ ~€14 per user per year.

It is not about the money there is so much legislation about government procurement. Unfortunately we cannot declare the US as a hostile nation.

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