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Pro-tip

Only use Google SSO for things you don't care about.

While in would be a pain if I lost my google account, I can still access Twitter, Discord, GitHub, Bitbucket, stack overflow etc as they aren't bound to Google.

My emails/hangouts chats however would be lost unless I took a backup (I haven't but I might one day when I decide to go ad-free)



Google SSO is the best option to login into my country's e-government portal. The other options are:

- Bank (requires subscription)

- SIM card (requires subscription)

- National ID card (requires reader plus a maze of Java applets)

All of them suck badly. At least national ID has NFC so technically in future can be a bit easier.


Which country is this? Who uses Google SSO to login to a e-gov portal?


Lithuania. You do need to setup initially using normal means, but after that Google account doesn’t even need 2FA enabled.

https://www.epaslaugos.lt/portal/nlogin


Just hope that LT will get SmartID like Latvia and Estonia.


Google SSO is the best option to login into my country's e-government portal

If this is true, then as in my other comment, your government really ought to be regulating Google as a public utility.


Google SSO for an e-government portal? No, thank you.


He appears to be in NZ. Yes, I find that crazy.


No, they're not describing New Zealand. NZ doesn't have a national ID card. Also, they have their own system for SSO to government portals that doesn't use Google.


Nah, NZ doesn't have a national ID.


NZ doesn’t seem to have e-gov either :D most is forms over post. That said I’ve never had to go to an institution here over 6 years I’m here.

Edit: yes NZ has RealMe but there isn’t much use for it (in my xp).


Most WINZ/StudyLink and IRD interactions are online now, and I got my passport 100% online using RealMe. I can't remember the last time I posted anything to government in NZ.


I've had a ton of paperwork done in recent years (voting, child passport, visas). Most of the conveniences stops when you don't have NZ's drivers licence...

p.s. IRD has it's own login system.


Check the IRD login page - there's a RealMe button ;)


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