A reader for a smart card, comprising - acquisition means for acquiring biometric data from a user, - derivation means (128, 130) for deriving an identifier from the biometric data, - inspection means for checking whether the smart card is in a first-use state, wherein the smart card has a memory register for storing a value which specifies whether the smart card is in the first-use state or in the used state, wherein, in order to check by means of the reader what the status is of the smart card, a command is generated and is sent to the smart card in order to request the content of the memory register from the smart card, - transfer means for transferring the smart card into the used state with the aid of the identifier if the first-use state of the smart card is present, wherein the transfer means are designed such that the identifier is transmitted to the smart card for storage in a protected memory region of the smart card, once the first-use state of the smart card has been determined, in order to transfer the smart card from the first-use state into the used state, wherein the identifier replaces a PIN stored initially in the smart card by the manufacturer or is used as an initial identifier, - release means (120, 128, 136) for releasing a smart card function with the identifier, if the smart card is in the used state, in order to allow use of the smart card function by a computer connected to the reader, wherein the smart card function is released by means of a remote inspection, wherein the identifier is transmitted from the reader to the smart card, wherein the smart card function of the smart card is released if the transmitted identifier matches the identifier stored in the smart card, wherein the remote inspection is an inspection of the transmitted identifier, in which the identifier is not input into the smart card in order to be compared with the identifier stored there, but in which the inspection is performed by means of a protocol involving the reader and the smart card, wherein the protocol is one of the following protocols: Strong Password Only Authentication Key Exchange, Diffie-Hellman Encrypted Key Exchange, Bellovin-Merritt Protocol, Extended Access Control or Password Authenticated Connection Establishment, and - communication means (120, 144) for enabling communication between the computer and the smart card for use of the smart card function by the computer, wherein the communication means for the remote inspection comprise a contactless interface for transmitting data to the smart card, wherein the derivation means are designed to carry out a one-way function in order to derive the identifier from the biometric data, wherein the one-way function is a HASH function, which is designed to derive a HASH value as identifier from the biometric data, the identifier being transmitted from the contactless interface to an interface of the smart card in order to release the smart card function, wherein the biometric data are deleted in the reader once the derived identifier has been generated, wherein the derived identifier is likewise deleted in the reader following the transmission to the smart card. - acquisition means for acquiring biometric data from a user, - derivation means (128, 130) for deriving an identifier from the biometric data, - inspection means for checking whether the smart card is in a first-use state, wherein the smart card has a memory register for storing a value which specifies whether the smart card is in the first-use state or in the used state, wherein, in order to check by means of the reader what the status is of the smart card, a command is generated and is sent to the smart card in order to request the content of the memory register from the smart card, - transfer means for transferring the smart card into the used state with the aid of the identifier if the first-use state of the smart card is present, wherein the transfer means are designed such that the identifier is transmitted to the smart card for storage in a protected memory region of the smart card, once the first-use state of the smart card has been determined, in order to transfer the smart card from the first-use state into the used state, wherein the identifier replaces a PIN stored initially in the smart card by the manufacturer or is used as an initial identifier, - release means (120, 128, 136) for releasing a smart card function with the identifier, if the smart card is in the used state, in order to allow use of the smart card function by a computer connected to the reader, wherein the smart card function is released by means of a remote inspection, wherein the identifier is transmitted from the reader to the smart card, wherein the smart card function of the smart card is released if the transmitted identifier matches the identifier stored in the smart card, wherein the remote inspection is an inspection of the transmitted identifier, in which the identifier is not input into the smart card in order to be compared with the identifier stored there, but in which the inspection is performed by means of a protocol involving the reader and the smart card, wherein the protocol is one of the following protocols: Strong Password Only Authentication Key Exchange, Diffie-Hellman Encrypted Key Exchange, Bellovin-Merritt Protocol, Extended Access Control or Password Authenticated Connection Establishment, and - communication means (120, 144) for enabling communication between the computer and the smart card for use of the smart card function by the computer, wherein the communication means for the remote inspection comprise a contactless interface for transmitting data to the smart card,