[The Epoch Times, February 16, 2022](Reported by Yuan Shigang, Taipei, Taiwan) In order to exempt the pastnatural person certificateA physical IC card is required,card readerlimits,Ministry of the InteriorOn the 16th, the “Mobile Natural Person Credentials APP” was launched. After downloading the APP on mobile devices such as mobile phones or tablet computers and completing the registration, just pass the fingerprint or face, etc.Biometrics, you can perform identification or network signature. The Home Office stressed that safety has met international standards.
Ministry of the Interiorsaid, “Actionnatural person certificateIn addition to mobilizing the signature and seal of natural person certificates, APP” integrates the identification function of the original Taiwan mobile identification APP, which can eliminate the need for physical IC cards,card readerand other restrictions, and no account password is required. People only need to download the APP on mobile devices such as mobile phones or tablet computers and complete the registration, and then they can use fingerprint or facial recognition for identification or online signature. In the future, they can apply for government services such as tax returns anytime, anywhere.
The Ministry of the Interior stated that when using the mobile device for the first time, you need to log in to the “Mobile Natural Person Certificate Platform” with a computer. After registering with a physical card with a natural person certificate, an exclusive QR code will be obtained. After scanning the QR code with the APP with a mobile device, the APP will guide the user to Biometrics are used for authentication, and the registration is successful after the verification is completed. In the future, as long as the “mobile natural person certificate APP” is used, you can quickly log in to various government websites.
As for the security issues concerned by the public, the Ministry of the Interior pointed out that the “Operation Natural Person Credentials APP” has passed the security label level 3 of the Industrial Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the international standard of “FidO 2.0” (Fast IDentity Online), which is in line with digital identity. Level 3 (LoA3) verification degree. When the APP performs biometric verification, it only uses the face or fingerprint data originally stored in the mobile phone to compare, and the follow-up verification mechanism will only be activated after it is confirmed as the person.
The Ministry of the Interior stated that the mobile natural person certificate system has completed the interface with 56 systems such as the tax declaration system, the personal data autonomous application (MyData) platform, and the health insurance network service platform.
Yan Wenchang, deputy director of the Information Center of the Ministry of the Interior, explained to The Epoch Times that the natural person certificate is a certificate issued by the certificate management center, with only a set of key pairs and a small amount of personal information such as name and the last 4 digits of the ID number, and it is a voluntary application. , which is completely different from a digital ID. If the application systems of various ministries and associations require identification, they can apply for membership account passwords or use google, Facebook, etc., and the natural person certificate is only one of the authentication methods.
Responsible editor: Lu Meiqi