Cybersecurity
e-Residency in Estonia, Part IV: Wherein I Imagine How the Estonian Digital ID Card Could be Useful
Benjamin Wittes Mon, Apr 25, 2016, 8:12 AM
It's lonely out there for an Estonian e-Eesident.
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Russia and Eastern Europe
e-Residency in Estonia, Part III: Wherein I Use My New Digital Identity Card to Swap Letters with the President
Benjamin Wittes Fri, Mar 4, 2016, 7:51 AM
I got an email from the Estonian President and I knew it wasn't a fraud scheme. Here's how.
Estonia
Estonian Digital Residency Update IV: The President Weighs in on "Going Dark"
Benjamin Wittes Tue, Mar 1, 2016, 7:48 AM
The President of Estonia answers questions on what would happen in the San Bernadino shooter were an Estonian digital resident.
Russia and Eastern Europe
e-Residency in Estonia, Part II: Wherein I Visit the Estonian Embassy, Collect my Digital Identity Card, and Interview Kristjan Kuurme
Benjamin Wittes Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 4:15 PM
Have you become a digital resident yet of the European Union's hippest techno-state?
Estonia
Estonian Digital Residency Update III: Wherein My Application is Granted!
Benjamin Wittes Fri, Jan 15, 2016, 12:17 PM
I just received the following email from the Estonian police and border guard concerning my application for digital residency in the Baltic country:
Dear BENJAMIN WITTES,
Estonian Police and Border Guard Board has granted e-Residency to BENJAMIN WITTES born on 05.11.1969.
You will be notified upon the document’s arrival to the place of issue marked on the application form.
Russia and Eastern Europe
Estonian Digital Residency Update II
Benjamin Wittes Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:57 PM
In reference to my application for digital residency in Estonia, I received the following email last week:
Cybersecurity
e-Residency in Estonia, Part I: Wherein I Apply to Digitally Betray My Country
Benjamin Wittes Fri, Dec 4, 2015, 6:52 AM
This week, I hosted an event at which Edward Lucas of the Economist sang the cybersecurity praises of Estonia. Today, as a cybersecurity practicum, I applied for digital residency in the Baltic nation.