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+This package contains software and viewer for the Belgian electronic
+identity card. With this, you can:
+
+- Communicate with secure websites that require eID authentication
+- Sign documents and emails using your eID
+- Using the viewer, read the identity data on eID cards, verify their
+ validity, and store them for future usage
+- Using the provided API, do all of the above in custom applications
+ of your own.
+
+So as to use your card reader on Firefox, you will have to install
+the Mozilla add-on:
+
+https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/belgium-eid/
+
+If you need any help, please visit https://eid.belgium.be
+
+Optional dependencies: pcsc-tools, libp11 and pkcs11-helper