Switzerland delays digital ID rollout to strengthen trust infrastructure

The Swiss government says it prefers security over speed in the rollout of its national digital ID (e-ID) as it is delaying the process until next year in order to finalize work being done on aspects related to the trust infrastructure around the system. According to a statement from the Federal Office of Justice (FOJ), the government is in the process of incorporating proposals that were made by opposition politicians in order to have a digital ID system that meets the highest security and data