{"id":4740,"date":"2022-08-30T01:58:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T07:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idzone.com.sa\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2022-08-30T01:58:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T07:58:55","slug":"for-e-governance-initiatives-are-smart-cards-really-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idzone.com.sa\/arabic\/for-e-governance-initiatives-are-smart-cards-really-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"For e-governance initiatives, are smart cards really necessary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently went to a conference on e-governance and digital identity where, as usual, the various organisations (manufacturers of smart cards) emphasised the importance of smart cards as a crucial tool for authenticating and authorising citizens to take advantage of various government-sponsored programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to my knowledge, there are several justifications for the smart card theory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Since network accessibility is a major problem in isolated areas, the smart card offers safe identification in offline mode.<\/li><li>Smart Cards are unclonable.<\/li><li>Additionally, smart cards can be used to store biometric templates for offline one-to-one authentication.<\/li><li>Smart cards serve as identity cards as well, storing a person&#8217;s optical identifying data.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But building infrastructure that includes Smart Cards, printers, cartridges, encoders, issuance and re-issuance processes comes at a significant expense. Even with a modest estimate, all of this would cost USD 5 billion for a nation with more than a billion residents, and there would also be ongoing expenses. Furthermore, they are all non-biodegradable, which adds significantly to the amount of electronic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do we really need smart cards when a country like India has implemented the largest biometrics project in the world (Aadhar)? The only thing we want is a standard identity card made of paper with a barcode or QR code that can be used to identify a person and then authenticate them online using a biometric scanner (1 to 1 authentication). Perhaps if network connectivity is a problem in some locations, a straightforward embedded device can store the biometric credentials for a whole district or even an entire city. 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