Same in the UK (which is currenty a contentious issue again with Digital ID), because there is no concept of having a cryptographic signature tied to your identity in the way it is done in other EU countries.
Instead you need:
- five years of address history
- a recent utility bill or a council tax bill that has your full address
- maybe a bank statement
- passport or driving license
It just so happens that Experian, etc. have all of that, and even background checking agencies will depend on it.
Council Tax bills may be possible to fake. I received a paper one yesterday for an unknown name, someone had registered online that they were moving to my address which cancelled my own account, I guess they could have asked for a copy of the bill to be emailed to them.
I’d imagine that all of this stuff is extremely easy to fake if you’re willing to take a small risk of getting in a lot of trouble. Nobody is really “verifying” council tax bills or utility bills because there is no procedure for doing so.
Instead you need: - five years of address history - a recent utility bill or a council tax bill that has your full address - maybe a bank statement - passport or driving license
It just so happens that Experian, etc. have all of that, and even background checking agencies will depend on it.