[nicbou]

Immigrants do not have an ID for up to a few years when they move to Germany. Just this week the Berlin immigration office stopped issuing plastic residence cards for budget reasons, so people get a sticker in their passport.

Passport recognition is also spotty. The ID verification providers used by banks do not recognise Indian passports.

Will we exclude a few million people because it’s too expensive to verify that they are over 18?

Add this to “falsehoods programmers believe about ID verification”.

[egorfine]

> Will we exclude a few million people because it’s too expensive to verify that they are over 18?

Yes. We absolutely will. KYC services is something that no one wants and everyone hates, thus there is no motivation to make it better. And if any, "better" might mean more invasive, because that means more data to mine and sell.

So, sure, excluding millions of people from KYC because it's cheaper to reject them than it is to study their documents - is the right decision business wise.

I am speaking as a person in the very same position.

[dahauns]

In Austria you don't need an Austrian passport/Personalausweis for a Digital ID registration. Your original passport (or equivalent) in combination with a certificate of residence, student permit or similar is fine.

[puchatek]

No, we will exclude a few people because Germany doesn't have its shit together when it comes to digital stuff. Then hopefully people will complain and things will improve.