Switzerland is pushing 'e-government'..

arvid

NB This is an old post from chat we've decided to post and archive here.

…and not even the 'alternative/privacy orgs' truly oppose it
All they talk about is open source nonsense... which does nothing to protect us from the threat that is digital in the first place. It's being sold as 'convenience', as usual. Just like microchipping humans is being marketed as convenient, too. With fools already doing it willingly, even paying for it! Just get remote controlled for the ultimate convenience! /s

Paper works just fine in decently run organizations. Tribes were pretty organized before bureaucrats were ever a thing, too... The only real answer is a decisive NO TO DIGITAL.

Digitalisierung der Behörden

Interaktionen zwischen Behörden als auch zwischen Behörden und der Bevölkerung sollen vermehrt digital angeboten und die Handhabe vereinfacht werden («E-Government»). Unter dem sperrigen Namen «Bundesgesetz über den Einsatz elektronischer Mittel zur Erfüllung von Behördenaufgaben» hat der Bundesrat nun ein Gesetz ausgearbeitet und es in die Vernehmlassung gegeben.

Die Digitale Gesellschaft begrüsst die Vorlage, da Handlungsbedarf besteht. In zahlreichen Punkten geht uns das Gesetz jedoch zu wenig weit; so fehlen den Artikeln zu Open Data und Open Source Software unter anderem die nötige Verbindlichkeit. Wir haben deshalb eine ausführliche Stellungsnahme eingereicht.

Deepl auto-translated:

Digitization of the authorities

Interactions between authorities as well as between authorities and the population are to be increasingly offered digitally and their handling simplified ("e-government"). Under the unwieldy name "Federal Act on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfillment of Public Authority Tasks," the Federal Council has now drafted a law and submitted it for consultation.

The Digital Society welcomes the bill, as there is a need for action. However, the law does not go far enough on numerous points; for example, the articles on open data and open source software lack the necessary binding force. We have therefore submitted a detailed statement.

via https://www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch/,

karan

arvid

This maybe scary, but this is history in India...

NATIONAL eGOVERNANCE DIVISION (NeGD)
https://digitalindia.gov.in/content/national-egovernance-division-negd

National e-Governance Plan
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_e-Governance_Plan

Check out the whole list of DOZENS of online services available through apps alone

MeitY
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=MeitY,+Government+Of+India

National eGovernance Division, Government of India
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=National+eGovernance+Division,+Government+of+India

CSC E-Governance Services India Limited
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=CSC+E-Governance+Services+India+Limited

MyGovIndia
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=MyGovIndia

Every single bank has an app, which is getting more and more necessary to install, though for simple stuff you can still get away with it... yet

Every single office work, govt, private, even tuitions/colleges, there is a webapp for which is more or less getting necessary to have day by day.

Your marks will be on a digitial webapp of your education/body, your certificates are digital and linked to ID, an app to keep those certificates (DigiLocker - present on about every single phone in India)

Every single document you apply for, any government card/paper is now a hybrid process, you HAVE TO apply both digitally and physically. There is a webapp for E V E R Y single thing.

And this is only a transition phase, as I said everything is a hybrid process today, which is likely just a stepping stone for a completely online process tommorow.

And I don't think I've even barely scratched the surface...

PS - I have to apply for a driver's lisence soon, the rules and and stuff which the examiner will ask? I have to download an app for that, and watch a youtube video which lists and explains a lot of stuff.

karan

To add to what I said above, I recently had a need to apply for a new bank card, and the bank legit told me I can't apply offline, the one logical place where I should go for such a thing and was standing right there. No, i had to download their app, set it up and only then apply for a card through the app.

And btw these apps detect root and refuse to work on a rooted device for "security reasons". I had to use a separate phone