ID-Austria: A Forced Choice?

Is Austria quietly making the ID Austria digital ID practically mandatory? ???? Despite official claims of "voluntary" use, more and more areas of life now come with big disadvantages — or even barriers — if you don't register for ID Austria.

The necessity of resetting a password is an everyday occurrence for students and staff at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). However, a recent 'security incident' has transformed this mundane act into a fundamental debate over digital freedoms, state control, and the future of our interaction with public institutions. What appears at first glance to be a simple IT measure reveals itself upon closer inspection to be a textbook example of strategic policymaking in the digital age.

In this video, we dive deep into real cases and examples where refusing or not having ID Austria leads to discrimination, extra costs, job risks, and exclusion from essential services.

Key External Sources/References in the Video:
• https://epicenter.works/content/id-austria-zwang Publisher: epicenter.works - Platform for fundamental rights
• https://wien.orf.at/stories/3339959/ „Sicherheitsvorfall“ in IT-System der TU Wien
• https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/news-articles/news/tu-passwords-reset-for-all-students-and-staff
• https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000279827/lehrerin-weigerte-sich-id-austria-zu-verwenden-und-wurde-gekuendigt-was-steckt-dahinter (Teacher termination case analysis)
• https://www.bmb.gv.at/Themen/schule/zrp/dibi/bip/ida.html (Österreichisches Bildungsportal)
• https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXVII/AB/14984/imfname_1581320.pdf (Sozialministerium projects without alternatives)
• https://www.burgenland.at/themen/tourismus/tourismusfoerderungsbeitrag/ (Burgenland tourism funding website)
• https://ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=LrBgld&Gesetzesnummer=20001302&FassungVom=2024-12-30&Artikel=&Paragraf=26&Anlage=&Uebergangsrecht= (§ 26 Abs. 2 bgld TG 2021 – Legal requirement for alternatives)
• https://www.wien.gv.at/amtshelfer/verkehr/parken/kurzparkzone/parkpickerl.html (Vienna Parkpickerl – 27% higher cost without ID Austria)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20240919005426/https://ooe.lko.at/ama-informiert-%C3%BCber-die-antragstellung-zum-mehrfachantrag-• 2024+2400+3921978 (EU agricultural subsidies application)
https://noe.orf.at/stories/3243379/ (Health sector payslips in Lower Austria)
• https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000216928/sichere-sparform-finanzminister-brunner-holt-bundesschatz-aus-der-versenkung (Bundesschatz)
• https://www.bmf.gv.at/presse/pressemeldungen/2024/juli/bundesschatz-analog.html (Analog access to Bundesschatz restored)
• https://www.elda.at/cdscontent/?contentid=10007.891889 (Source for Lohnabrechnung über ELDA: Confirms that ÖGK online services, including ELDA for payroll, can only be accessed via ID Austria.)






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