{"slug": "mitid", "name": "MitID", "category": "security", "category_name": "Security and passwords", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 6, "warners": 0, "score": 4.191, "rising": 1.35, "first": "2026-02-23", "latest": "2026-10-05", "why": "MitID is just chefs kiss how many other countries can you log in to your bank, student loan, and local municipality with the same sso", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "MitID is just chefs kiss how many other countries can you log in to your bank, student loan, and local municipality with the same sso", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "mitid.dk", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.mitid.dk", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["MitID"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 799420720, "item_id": 49963795, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49963795", "by": "Mashimo", "date": "2026-10-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "MitID is just chefs kiss how many other countries can you log in to your bank, student loan, and local municipality with the same sso", "excerpt": "> Where's your source to back up this claim? Feel. Having lived in Denmark and Germany. And working for the public sector. MitID is just chefs kiss how many other countries can you log in to your bank, student loan, and local municipality with the same sso. Country wide app for local transportation tickets of different types. EPJ / Elektronisk Patient Journal has it's fault, but compared to other countries[2] yet aga", "context": "", "use_case": "national digital identity SSO", "switched_from": "", "story": "Denmark data breach exposes 8.8M people's personal data"}, {"id": 792561216, "item_id": 49535076, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535076", "by": "ethagnawl", "date": "2026-09-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Denmark, for one: https://lifeindenmark.borger.dk/apps-and-digital-services/mitid", "excerpt": "Denmark, for one: https://lifeindenmark.borger.dk/apps-and-digital-services/mitid", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses"}, {"id": 758584768, "item_id": 47411548, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47411548", "by": "dreadnip", "date": "2026-03-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Denmark's MitID (https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/get-started-with-mitid/). These could be expanded to fully EUDI compliant wallets", "excerpt": "I quite like the EU approach. It's a decent spec. Most countries already have digital apps to verify identity, like Denmark's MitID (https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/get-started-with-mitid/). These could be expanded to fully EUDI compliant wallets and deliver encrypted proof-of-age without exposing any other identity. For example a gambling site could require MitID auth, but only request proof-of-age and nothing else. You ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech"}, {"id": 754045921, "item_id": 47127870, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47127870", "by": "kjeldsendk", "date": "2026-02-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Surprisingly there is solutions that work just fine.", "excerpt": "Surprisingly there is solutions that work just fine. It's like bankid or myid works in Scandinavian countries. When you need to identify yourself you are challenged by a 3rd party trusted service. Making this a age verification should be very easy. https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/about-mitid/?language=en-gb", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Age Verification Trap, Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["national digital identity sso"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962012", "title": "Denmark data breach exposes 8.8M people's personal data", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529621", "title": "FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48039362", "title": "Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47410870", "title": "Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47179038", "title": "MitID, Denmarks sole digital ID, has been down for over an hour and counting", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47122715", "title": "The Age Verification Trap, Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 799420720, "item_id": 49963795, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49963795", "by": "Mashimo", "date": "2026-10-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "MitID is just chefs kiss how many other countries can you log in to your bank, student loan, and local municipality with the same sso", "excerpt": "> Where's your source to back up this claim? Feel. Having lived in Denmark and Germany. And working for the public sector. MitID is just chefs kiss how many other countries can you log in to your bank, student loan, and local municipality with the same sso. Country wide app for local transportation tickets of different types. EPJ / Elektronisk Patient Journal has it's fault, but compared to other countries[2] yet aga", "context": "", "use_case": "national digital identity SSO", "switched_from": "", "story": "Denmark data breach exposes 8.8M people's personal data"}, {"id": 792561216, "item_id": 49535076, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535076", "by": "ethagnawl", "date": "2026-09-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Denmark, for one: https://lifeindenmark.borger.dk/apps-and-digital-services/mitid", "excerpt": "Denmark, for one: https://lifeindenmark.borger.dk/apps-and-digital-services/mitid", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses"}, {"id": 768811200, "item_id": 48050700, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050700", "by": "sterlind", "date": "2026-05-07", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "MitID has been active since 2024", "excerpt": "MitID has been active since 2024: https://www.nordicalcohol.org/post/id-now-required-in-denmark-for-online-purchases-of-alcohol-nicotine-e-cigarettes-and-tobacco https://idura.eu/blog/mitid-vs-age-verification-login", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA"}, {"id": 758584768, "item_id": 47411548, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47411548", "by": "dreadnip", "date": "2026-03-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Denmark's MitID (https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/get-started-with-mitid/). These could be expanded to fully EUDI compliant wallets", "excerpt": "I quite like the EU approach. It's a decent spec. Most countries already have digital apps to verify identity, like Denmark's MitID (https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/get-started-with-mitid/). These could be expanded to fully EUDI compliant wallets and deliver encrypted proof-of-age without exposing any other identity. For example a gambling site could require MitID auth, but only request proof-of-age and nothing else. You ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech"}, {"id": 754970832, "item_id": 47185677, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185677", "by": "erk__", "date": "2026-02-27", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Well they provide that if you want.", "excerpt": "Well they provide that if you want. they have both a OTP dongle, a OTP loud speaker and one that uses FIDO U2F (though you need to pay for that one). https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/get-started-with-mitid/how-to-use-mitid/?language=en-gb", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "MitID, Denmarks sole digital ID, has been down for over an hour and counting"}, {"id": 754045921, "item_id": 47127870, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47127870", "by": "kjeldsendk", "date": "2026-02-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Surprisingly there is solutions that work just fine.", "excerpt": "Surprisingly there is solutions that work just fine. It's like bankid or myid works in Scandinavian countries. When you need to identify yourself you are challenged by a 3rd party trusted service. Making this a age verification should be very easy. https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/about-mitid/?language=en-gb", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Age Verification Trap, Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection"}]}