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And again, what the parent says in untrue. You can sign documents with your phone and still take part of the expiring public tender he describes.

Yes, but you need to already have Mobile-ID for that. To get a Mobile-ID you need ID-Card with valid certs.

So if a person doesn't already have Mobile-ID and their ID-Card certs are blocked they can't get a Mobile-ID and thus they can't access any digital government services.

It's not like this is purely theoretical - large number of Estonian Id-Card will have their certs blocked and not everyone has Mobile-ID.

1. Mobile-ID requires a pretty good cellphone connection to work properly and avoid getting timeouts.

2. Mobile-ID requires you to pay for signing up and after that, 1€/month to your mobile provider.

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