A digital ID card is a leg in the phone, with a photo and a QR code that merchants can scan.
However, in recent times, fake apps have emerged, primarily used by young people when buying, for example, energy drinks or cigarettes. But also at Systembolaget.
Systembolaget writes in a press release that it is about "extremely well-made forgeries", and has therefore stopped all use of digital ID cards.
"One is one too many"
Charlotte Pataky, press officer at Bank-id, says it's about a few fake services.
But one is one too many. Security is a and o for us, and we support Systembolaget's decision, she says.
The police warned parents and merchants as early as September that it is something that "flourishes among young people", and according to the newspaper Fri Köpenskap, Ica has also warned its merchants not to accept digital ID cards.
According to Pataky, it is important that merchants who allow digital ID cards, such as postal agents and smaller retailers, always scan the QR code that appears. Then it is safe.
A visual control is not enough when selling age-controlled goods, she says.
However, it is an approach that works less well for larger retailers and chains, where it has to go fast.
Now several are looking at how to implement control in their various cash register systems, says Charlotte Pataky.
Is it safe today?
Absolute, when you scan the QR code.
"Better than a driver's license"
A statement shared by Svensk Handel's security chief Nina Jelver, who says that the service is "significantly safer than a driver's license", as long as the code is scanned. However, the trade organization has also noted that there are problems.
We have had a dialogue with Bank-id and Freja, where we have received indications that there are fake apps being sold and spread, she says.
According to Nina Jelver, Systembolaget has been "best in class" when it comes to educating staff.
Has the introduction gone too fast?
I don't think so, I know they have been very careful with the education and followed the protocol. Then there is always someone who is very good at exploiting the system, who has made these extremely good copies, says Nina Jelver.
