Post #2866809

2026-05-26 11:10 UTC

The dutchies have a centralized identity that you are using to basically interact with everything government. That contains pensions and health related issues. This is called DigID. It is run by a company called Solvinity an was was supposed to be taken over by a U.S. company called Kyndryl. The dutch cabinet (= government) has now blocked this takeover. I think the topic of souvernty is slowly landing in the right heads. I guess also ... thank you @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social and everyone else making noise there🙂 https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/26/netherlands-blocks-us-takeover-digid-operator-solvinity-security-concerns #infosec #cybersecurity #souveraeneInfrastruktur #sovereignty #digid

Replies (9)

@WooShell@chaosfurs.social 2026-05-26 11:23

@mcfly@milliways.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social NB: Kyndryl isn't just "a US company", it's what was formerly known as IBM Business Consulting Services.. so heavily entangled with the Big Tech industry and government across the ocean.

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@GinevraCat@toot.community 2026-05-26 11:55

@mcfly@milliways.social 💪 Thank-you @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social . I really appreciate the work you do.

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@mrotteveel@mstdn.social 2026-05-26 12:36

@mcfly@milliways.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social That is an oversimplification. DigiD is run and hosted by Logius, a Dutch government organization, in a government datacenter, but it is hosted on a platform that is supplied, administered and maintained by Solvinity (in said government datacenter). So DigiD is not owned nor run by Solvinity, but given they supply and administer the *underlying* platform, there are some risks inherent to Kyndryl buying Solvinity.

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@Phosphenes@mastodon.social 2026-05-26 13:08

@mcfly@milliways.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social I don't know how much this has sunk in around the world, but the current US administration is fully criminal. It does not respect any law or boundary it can break. That includes any US corporation they have any power over, which is basically all of them. Run, don't walk, away from any dealings with them, as if your life depended on it. Your data is not safe, your infrastructure is not safe, your lives are not safe.

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@jaharkema@mstdn.social 2026-05-26 13:33

@mcfly@milliways.social Big shout out to @stasdigi@social.overheid.nl as well

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@christoffel66@mastodon.nl 2026-05-26 14:21

@mcfly@milliways.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social As I understand it DigiD does not CONTAIN pension and health or any other data. You use it when you login to online systems to identify yourself. It only "gives" the online systems your BSN/"social security number" with the assurance that it is actually you. The damage that could be done by taking down this platform would nevertheless be huge, since a lot of systems rely on the DigiD for the logins. The systems you can login to do include pension and health related systems.

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@madduci@mastodon.social 2026-05-26 15:20

@mcfly@milliways.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social and then in Germany many large not-European firms work with digital identity and eHealth applications

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@stairjoke@indieweb.social 2026-05-27 06:01

@mcfly@milliways.social I wish the German government got the memo finally…

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@HonkHase@chaos.social 2026-05-27 17:37

@mcfly@milliways.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social KRITIS secured in .nl. Congrats 👌❤️

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