NXP wins German ID card contract The Dutch semiconductor giant will provide RFID chips for Germany's new ID cards, designed to be used to access e-commerce and e-government services ...

The German government's new national ID card – which will start being issued this November – has been publicly hacked on TV by members of the infamous Chaos Computer Club.

Very soon, digital fingerprinting will be mandatory in German ID cards. The question is: Will it make the cards more secure? Or is it an invasive threat to our freedom?

Security researchers have found a vulnerability in the backbone of the electronic ID (eID) cards system used by the German state. The vulnerability, when exploited, allows an attacker to trick an ...

It's been a slow and clunky process, but Germany has made some progress when it comes to digital IDs. Here's a closer look at ...

The contactless German ID card can also be used as a travel document within the European Union – and to some other countries such as Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt – instead of a passport.

The Federal Ministry of the Interior has announced that it will be possible to scan German ID cards with an iPhone running iOS 13. Apple originally locked the NFC reader in iPhones so that it only ...

Identification tribulation 10/28/2010 New national ID cards are coming to Germany. The new cards boast features designed to safeguard against the hazards of the Internet age, including phishing ...

Identification documents are state property, according to German law. Disabling contactless chips in payments cards, national IDs or electronic passports might not be as uncommon as one thinks. Videos ...

National ID cards aren’t new in the European Union and many countries use smart card technology to power the credentials. But the contactless German ID is a bit of a departure from what other ...