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Please note that nothing is mandatory. Indeed, there will be a physical version always available, and fortunately. This new device gives you the opportunity to have your own driver’s license in digital version on you smartphone.

Is it really safe?

As soon as we talk about digitization, the question of piracy arises. We can also ask ourselves what is more risky between being steal his documents and do it yourself hack your documents in digital versions. It would be an understatement to say that there is no risk fake, but What are the possibilities ? Moreover, it is not uncommon to see cases of pirate influence in the press large private companies or some public institutions like hospitals
Johann Kleinhead of the cyber security practice at Meritis, gives us the answers in Parisian.
It reminds us, in particular, that flaws in various computer systems are found where data is exchanged, where there are communications. He says that if the government used companies like Amazon Or Microsoft control this device, this presented risks for those who digitized their documents.
For the digitization of driver’s licenses, personal data will be stored in “sovereign cloud“, based in France. Kind of huge digital hard disk which is limited to the territory of France. Therefore, the information is not transmitted not with external organizationswhat limits the risk of piracy.

However, before your personal data enters this cloud, you must import these exactly. Again, yes almost impossible that hacking is possible because the steps required by the France Idêtes program require systematic verification your personality. If zero risk does not exist, then, it would seem, the risks of hacking almost zero. Especially because if you don’t trust this new device, can always be saved physical version of your license.

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Author: Adrian Sauli
Source: Auto Plus

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