Security News > 2020 > April > Singapore government scraps physical 2FA tokens for government services
Singapore will bin the physical tokens used to provide two-factor authentication for some digital government services.
The city-state operates "SingPass", a government service that connects Singapore's residents with 200 government services.
Today the government announced plans to scrap the physical tokens, which account for only two per cent of logins.
In addition to the regular government services, SingPass Mobile also allows users to access selected private sector services, such as insurance and the grants portal on the Singapore National Employers Federation website.
Kok Ping Soon, chief exec of Singapore's digital transformation team, GovTech, said: "The SingPass Mobile app is key to Singapore's national digital identity initiative. We are encouraged by the strong support so far and will do more to promote the use of the app, so that more users can transact online with the government and private sector easily and conveniently."