[pp.int.general] Agora Voting System for a Liquid Democracy at FOSDEM

[Daniel Riaño]

Use of DNI is generalized in Spain's society in such a way that is difficult
to comprehend for a foreigner. Most adults know this number (that includes a
verification letter) by hart. You use it almost daily, and almost always in
your written communications with the administration at almost any level,
with banks, and in most important transactions. To give you an example, if
you use a credit card, the sales person won't even take a look at your
signature: he/ she will ask you to show your DNI (your passport if you are
foreigner). That makes sense in a country where not all sales persons have
formal training in calligraphy. Many people see this as a more secure
procedure for costumers. Even more: in Spain, in the space of your credit
card where a space has been reserved for the user's signature, many people
have stamped, in lieu of his signature, the following message "ask for DNI."

Daniel


2011/1/30 Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>

>     Actually you don't even need to use the DNI for online
>    banking if you don't want to, you can use regular username+password
>    authentication.
>
> That's good, but (I was told) the municipal swimming pools in
> Barcelona require users to show their DNI to prove they have paid the
> annual subscription fee.  If I recall right, they don't allow any
> other method.  Using the DNI was easy and they saw no reason to allow
> anything else.
>
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