This 200-Year-Old Company Wants to Replace Your Passport With a Smartphone

Paper passports are easily mislaid and delicate, according to Austrian company OeSD. Here's their solution.
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An Austrian passport-maker in business for 200 years says it is ready to put vital identity documents on that most personal of devices - the smartphone.

Oesterreichische Staatsdruckerei Holding AG, in business for more than 200 years, says an app it has developed can safely handle all kinds of personal data, completely replacing delicate, easily mislaid physical documents.