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Friday, 29.03.2024, 08:39
President: Estonia must repair ID card's security risk, move on
"The defect has to be repaired as soon as possible and secure
certificates have to be issued," Kaljulaid said in an interview with the
Vikerraadio radio station of the public broadcaster ERR. "But
philosophically -- I will point out -- that the certificates will be secure
only until the computing power grows to a certain point," she added.
"Theoretically we are all in a risk situation all the time. The
question here is the probability of the risk realizing. And this does not only
concern the digital world. Crossing the road is connected to a risk. We take
certain risks in life. And now taking all that into account we have to make
decisions which e-services can be used and the trustworthiness of which has
been compromised," Kaljulaid said.
"We as a digital society probably sense and bear these risks
differently than people elsewhere. Once again we have the opportunity of being
the first ones in the world to show that in such a case as this it is possible
to make corrections and move forward. Not go back," the president said.