It still is, they'll get new keys and be fine. Meanwhile in the US we're still stuck with social security numbers that aren't secure at all.
I guess it is indeed infinitely more secure than SSNs :) even with the current security issues.
Well, yes, it is. It's used for communicating with the government online, internet banking and signing all kinds of contracts. Wouldn't imagine life without it.
Not to mention voting online - yes, Estonia does this, and it's as insecure as you'd imagine [0].
There's going to be little fallout for the users of this ID card. It's too expensive to break for all but the juiciest of targets - the people that need to worry are folks in enterprise and government.