Dutch gov't will only allow European company to operate DigiD platform
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June 05, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (12 comments)
tosti
IDK what it's like now, but DigiD used to be 2 racks in a separate cage. Even if you can access the floor, you're not getting physically near the servers.
deafpolygon
What's wrong with the government taking over admin of DigiD? I just don't understand why the government won't consider funding it. It's a public infrastructure service at this point.
flexagoon
Why is DigiD even a product that needs constant maintenance? From my experience using it it's just a pretty simple authentication/data sharing system. Every oauth provider has something similar. Why is it a whole separate product that is owned by some company?
juliusceasar
Finally taking the digital threath from USA, Israel and China serious.
ChrisArchitect
Related: Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48278406
markus_zhang
What if this European company decides to contract out its job to other continents?
boricj
As a French person, I'm confused as to why DigiD is not a government-run project like FranceConnect is. I'm even more bewildered that an American company thought that they could take over the national identity management system of an European country, as if this was business as usual.
jasonvorhe
Good luck with digital id. Not gonna play along. No matter what.
gbraad
Finally. But now they want NL Wallet to use Google and Apple accounts for login, so this is happening again.
shevy-java
Plot twist: the data will still be stored outside of the EU - the magic of cloud computing. :D
consumer451
Here is my naive take on sovereignty, and how everything should work in the new "USA decided to kill its own dominance, and attack its allies" world. The world is now balkanized, let's live in that reality. 1. Almost every country has amazing universities with software tracks. A big issue is that universities often don't prepare their students for the real work, aka making and supporting products. 2. Governments should greatly favor products created by the students of their own universities. The goal of every country should be to foster a sovereign software flywheel. Anything else seems pretty darn silly.
ergocoder
Why not just dutch company? There are European countries that are obviously pro-russia...