Many things you can control today with DigiD. Many public services to work with this service and insurance companies, for example, to securely log in to their websites. Until now, you had all of that online, and still able to log in again with your username and password, but that is now a little easier. The Dutch government has a smartphone app to easily log in to their system without getting a password or authentication by sms is required. That saves you a lot of time and effort.
The app is completely free to use and available for iOS and Android.
With the Digital app, you log safe and trusted in the government and the app is to link to your accounts. You must the app have to activate it first. You do that by going to the website of DigiD and your app to activate it via your My Digital settings. You log in to the website as you normally would with your username and password and then go to My DigiD. There you can see all of your personal data. If you scroll down then you will arrive at 'Inlogmethoden'. There are different options to log in, including the app. This is not active and that there is in the red. In addition, you find a button with the app's settings. If you click on it a message appears stating to your DigiD app to activate and click there you.
This will take you to a new window and there you must again your password for verification enter. You will then receive an sms with a verification code. Which carries you in and then clicking 'Next'. You will see a QR-code that you are using the app on your smartphone scanning. After you've done it appears there is a special koppelcode you again on your computer must to fill. In principle, the app is already linked with your account. You should only have a pin code of five digits, enter in your app to complete the process. From then on, it is possible to use the app to log in to the various government websites. You need your password is no longer remembered, because the login is done again with a QR-code. Each time you want to log in, go to the website where you want it to do, you choose the method to log in with your app, and then the QR code appears, scan, and again your pin. You're online logged in.
The DigiD app is useful, because it makes the log a lot easier and you will not receive a sms for verification. The app does not work on all sites, but there are more and more sites where it does work. You need your DigiD account only once on the app link, and you will always safely log on to the system of DigiD. The app and the system make use of the necessary safety mechanisms, which makes this method is safe.
DigiD app has the following features:
DigiD video app
DigiD app screenshots
You can free download DigiD App 32, 64 bit and safe install the latest trial or new full version for Windows 10 from the official site.