Is the country's first "online ID card" safe enough? ID card copies may be abolished

Zhang was on a business trip to another city. When he checked into a hotel at night, he realized that he had forgotten to bring his ID card. He went to several nearby hotels, but all of them required him to show his ID card before checking in. He had no choice but to go to the local police station and get a temporary ID card before he could check in. It was already late at night.

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Guangzhou issues China's first WeChat ID card "Internet ID" Guangzhou police photo

This "embarrassment" may be completely changed. On December 25, the "Micro Police Cloud Alliance" initiated by more than 10 units including the Nansha District Branch of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau, Tencent, and China Construction Bank was established. The public security agency issued the country's first WeChat ID card "Internet Certificate" (hereinafter referred to as "Internet Certificate") on the spot. In the future, buying tickets, staying in hotels, sending express deliveries, handling bank business, etc. may be able to prove their identity through "Internet Certificate" and "face scanning", and the photocopies of ID cards commonly used in daily life may be abolished. At present, the WeChat ID card "Internet Certificate" is being piloted in Guangdong Province and is expected to be launched nationwide in January next year.

"Internet Certificate" becomes a legal document and identity certificate

On the 25th, the WeChat mini program "CTID" was officially launched, and Mr. Xie from Nansha, Guangzhou, successfully received the country's first WeChat ID card "CTID".

Is it difficult to obtain the "online certificate"? A Science and Technology Daily reporter opened the WeChat applet "CTID" and followed the prompts to successfully complete the registration and authentication of the ID card "online certificate" online in just a few minutes.

Yan Dong, head of the "Micro Police" team of Guangzhou Nansha Police, told Science and Technology Daily that the "Internet Certificate" is an online application certificate for identity cards launched by the First Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security. It is based on the identity card production data and is a national legal document and identity certificate recognized by the Ministry of Public Security.

"The 'online ID card' is the online or electronic version of the ID card." The person in charge explained that citizens can put their unique online ID card into the WeChat card wallet, and only need to bring a mobile phone when going out. When they need to show their ID card, they just need to pick up the phone and scan their face to prove that "I am me."

How does the "online certificate" complete the certification work? Take staying in a hotel as an example. When checking in, just scan the QR code to trigger the "online certificate" verification. Through "face recognition" and other verifications, the information is directly transmitted back to the public security database, and AI automatically recognizes and compares it. In just a few seconds, the comparison results are sent to the hotel and the user at the same time.

Relevant staff of the Nansha District Government Service Center of Guangzhou City said that at present, when applying for business registration in Nansha, as long as you have an "online certificate", you no longer need to show your ID card. In addition, the police are also negotiating cooperation with related industries such as tourism, logistics and delivery, and banks to expand the scope of application.

Personal privacy cannot be accessed by third parties

Is the "Internet Certificate" safe enough? Is the "Internet Certificate" authentication accurate? What should I do if I lose it?

According to the police, the process of generating the "Internet Certificate" is very safe, no information will be retained, and the "Internet Certificate" information is bound to the face, fingerprint, and ID card chip, making it almost impossible to be counterfeited. The "Internet Certificate" information is controlled and reviewed by the public security organs. The information collected by users through the "Internet Certificate" is directly connected to the public security database and verified and compared by the public security organs. The verification process does not transmit or store citizens' private information in the Internet space. Third-party institutions or others can only receive the verification results issued by the public security organs, and it is difficult to directly access citizens' personal information.

The reporter learned that the AI ​​face recognition technology currently used by the "Network Certificate" directly compares the user's face information with the ID card photo in the ID card database of the Ministry of Public Security. "The AI ​​face recognition misjudgment rate is currently only one in a million, while the misjudgment rate of naked eye recognition is 15%." Yan Dong said that with the "Network Certificate", people who come to do business no longer need to carry physical ID cards to handle related pilot services, nor do they need to keep copies of ID cards. This not only effectively protects citizens' personal privacy, but also greatly improves the efficiency and accuracy of government services.

After receiving the "Internet Certificate", if the mobile phone is lost, the user only needs to log in to WeChat on any other mobile phone, and the "Internet Certificate" on the original mobile phone WeChat will be automatically deleted. Citizens can also make the original ID card "Internet Certificate" invalid by resetting the password.