{"id":5110,"date":"2026-07-28T08:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/2026\/07\/28\/vdsic-of-france-strengthens-email-otp-login-with-passwordless-x1280\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T03:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:24:14","slug":"vdsic-of-france-strengthens-email-otp-login-with-passwordless-x1280","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/en\/2026\/07\/28\/vdsic-of-france-strengthens-email-otp-login-with-passwordless-x1280\/","title":{"rendered":"VDSIC of France strengthens email OTP login with Passwordless X1280"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5110\" class=\"elementor elementor-5110 elementor-5021\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-393bdea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"393bdea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8cac2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8cac2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1120\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_main.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5106\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_main.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_main-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_main-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_main-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf6a79e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bf6a79e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-973d755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"973d755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVDSIC (Visible Digital Seal International Council) is a French non-profit association founded in Paris in 2016. It governs the Visible Digital Seal (VDS) \u2014 a 2D barcode printed on documents and products that allows tampering to be detected without an online connection. VDSIC defines the VDS technical specifications and security policies (aligned with ISO 22385 and ISO 22376), operates the Root LoTL as the ultimate trust anchor, and accredits and oversees Scheme Operators. Its members include government agencies, certification authorities (CAs) and trust service providers (TSPs).  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a768bfa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a768bfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e8e55f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e8e55f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe material exchanged through the member portal \u2014 the root trust list, Scheme Operator accreditation reviews, draft specifications \u2014 is therefore pre-publication and sensitive. The strength of the portal\u2019s authentication becomes a question for the trust framework as a whole. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e446de0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e446de0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e137345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e137345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The limits of email OTP<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98da50b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98da50b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnder the previous scheme, entering an ID triggered an OTP code sent to the registered email address, which the user then typed in manually. Three issues followed: the inconvenience of opening the mailbox at every login; the possibility of code interception through a real-time relay attack via a phishing site; and the absence of biometric verification, which meant only \u201csomeone with access to the mailbox\u201d was verified, not the registered member. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3b9a3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3b9a3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>ITU-T Recommendation X.1283 (09\/2024) likewise notes that some passwordless implementations inherit the weaknesses of the methods they replace.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2df6cf4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2df6cf4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c08feb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c08feb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">X.1280 deployed by id3 Technologies\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3defd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3defd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid3 Technologies, a French technology member of VDSIC, integrated Passwordless X.1280 into the member portal. ITU-T Recommendation X.1280 (03\/2024) defines a framework for out-of-band server authentication using mobile devices. Its central idea is a reversal of the verification order: instead of the user proving their identity first, the service is verified as genuine before any user authentication information is provided \u2014 which addresses verifier impersonation.  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abdaa46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abdaa46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn authentication code is displayed automatically on the login screen, and the same code is generated on the user\u2019s smartphone. The user compares the two and, if they match, approves the login with biometric verification. Because no code is typed in, interception during entry does not arise.  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e791eb9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e791eb9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffaafd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ffaafd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n    <colgroup>\n        <col width=\"20%\">\n        <col width=\"40%\">\n        <col width=\"40%\">\n      <\/colgroup>\n    <tr><th>Category<\/th><th>Previous (email OTP)<\/th><th>X.1280<\/th><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Code delivery<\/td><td>Sent by email<\/td><td>Displayed on screen<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>User action<\/td><td>Manual entry<\/td><td>Compare, then approve<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Verification<\/td><td>One-way<\/td><td>Mutual<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Identity check<\/td><td>None<\/td><td>Biometric<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-053e907 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"053e907\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75dda70 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"75dda70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab3df0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ab3df0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_login_1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5107\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_login_1.png 370w, https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_login_1-145x300.png 145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7920fdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7920fdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_login_2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5108\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_login_2.png 370w, https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_login_2-145x300.png 145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f74cccf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f74cccf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_login_3_2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5109\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_login_3_2.png 370w, https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vdsic_login_3_2-145x300.png 145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66afc84 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66afc84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe94a6 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"cbe94a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWe were able to replace a weaker OTP method with the more secure X.1280 framework, improving security and convenience at the same time. We plan to extend this to other online services.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">\u2014 Christophe Candela, VP, id3 Technologies<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fae7b6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1fae7b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5268fbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5268fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>X.1280 is not a vendor-specific specification but a published ITU-T international standard. That an organisation which underwrites document authenticity at national scale was itself relying on email OTP for its own portal shows how easily authentication upgrades are deferred. This transition reduced the number of user actions while raising the level of verification.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e94767 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e94767\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e23cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"4e23cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"container\" data-elementor-id=\"5165\" class=\"elementor elementor-5165 elementor-5160 elementor-5160\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29aefc40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29aefc40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ea2c80e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ea2c80e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35462544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35462544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/profile_christophe_candela-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-5164\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/profile_christophe_candela-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/profile_christophe_candela-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autootp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/profile_christophe_candela.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0ee510 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e0ee510\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f4dbe1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f4dbe1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Christophe Candela \u2014 Technical Representative, Passwordless Alliance France<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3168bf32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3168bf32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn engineer with over 25 years of experience in biometrics, cryptography and embedded identity software, Christophe currently serves as VP Innovation at id3 Technologies, a French technology company specialising in biometric recognition, secure documents and trust services, where he heads the Biometric Research Lab and leads the company&#8217;s authentication and digital trust portfolio. He combines expertise in PKI and certificate lifecycle management with hands-on work on biometric algorithms and embedded software for constrained platforms, including Match-on-Card recognition and standards-based trust infrastructure such as Visible Digital Seal technology aligned with ISO 22376 and ISO 22385. He contributes to international standardisation and interoperability work in digital identity and document authentication, and is active in the VDS International Council (VDSIC) and the Passwordless Alliance.  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VDSIC (Visible Digital Seal International Council) is a French non-profit association founded in Paris in 2016. 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