Semiconductors have worked their way into the heart of democracy in Estonia. According to an Information Week article, cell phone owners get a free authorized chips that verify the owner’s identity and participation in the system.
Also according to the article, this is the next step forward for the country that instituted voting by internet in 2007.
Here is an opportunity for the US government to invest in infrastructure building central to its democracy. It would result in a nice bit of stimulation to the high-tech industry and the economy as a whole.
Anyone know who provides the technology behind the Estonian system?
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