Stephen Downes

As this story reports, "With the approval of eIDAS 2, 400 million EU citizens will soon have a EU Digital Identity Wallet containing legal credentials issued by their national governments." eIDAS stands for electronic IDentification, Authentication, and Trust Services. As Entrust says, "As a comprehensive EU regulation, it unifies all European eID and trust services under a common legal framework." Here's a full guide and outline for the system that will be used for education credentials, payments, and travel, among other uses. Similar discussions are being held around digital government in Canada. The Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) argues Canada needs a digital ID framework and is working toward a Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF).