BerlinGermany’s d-you wallet opens 2 January 2027 with identity cards only.
Experts told a Bundestag committee a week ago that its privacy functions are missing.
The Bundestag passed the Digital Identities Act with Union and Social Democrat votes, and users may now decline the biometric passport photo.
Thomas Lohninger of epicenter.works says the law still lacks protection against discrimination for users who withhold the photo.
Driving licence and biometric passport photo follow, then pseudonymous logins, zero-knowledge proofs and selective sharing.
How each outlet framed it
- netzpolitik.org leans critical
- stresses the stripped-down d-you launch (ID card only, no pseudonymous logins or selective disclosure yet) and the weak privacy safeguards the Bundestag left in place
Sources: netzpolitik.org