A method for recognizing and/or identifying a user with a chip in an electronic identity object storing a digital identity, the method comprising steps of: - establishing a wireless or electrical connection between the electronic identity object and a verification terminal; - verifying, in the electronic identity object, if the verification terminal is authorized to communicate with the electronic identity object, and in response of a positive verification sharing a secret: using the shared secret for establishing an encrypted symmetric data link between the electronic identity object and the verification terminal; transmitting, through the encrypted data link, said digital identity stored in the electronic identity object to the verification terminal; and verifying in the verification terminal the authenticity of said digital identity; acquiring, in the verification terminal, a biometric template of the user; verifying in the verification terminal if the acquired biometric template matches a biometric template stored in the electronic identity object, characterised by the method further comprising the step of: encrypting, in the electronic identity object, the biometric template stored in the electronic identity object using an homomorphic encryption so as to generate a homomorphically encrypted biometric template; transmitting the homomorphically encrypted biometric template to the verification terminal over the encrypted data link. - establishing a wireless or electrical connection between the electronic identity object and a verification terminal; - verifying, in the electronic identity object, if the verification terminal is authorized to communicate with the electronic identity object, and in response of a positive verification sharing a secret: using the shared secret for establishing an encrypted symmetric data link between the electronic identity object and the verification terminal; transmitting, through the encrypted data link, said digital identity stored in the electronic identity object to the verification terminal; and verifying in the verification terminal the authenticity of said digital identity; acquiring, in the verification terminal, a biometric template of the user; verifying in the verification terminal if the acquired biometric template matches a biometric template stored in the electronic identity object, characterised by the method further comprising the step of: encrypting, in the electronic identity object, the biometric template stored in the electronic identity object using an homomorphic encryption so as to generate a homomorphically encrypted biometric template; transmitting the homomorphically encrypted biometric template to the verification terminal over the encrypted data link. using the shared secret for establishing an encrypted symmetric data link between the electronic identity object and the verification terminal; transmitting, through the encrypted data link, said digital identity stored in the electronic identity object to the verification terminal; and verifying in the verification terminal the authenticity of said digital identity; acquiring, in the verification terminal, a biometric template of the user; verifying in the verification terminal if the acquired biometric template matches a biometric template stored in the electronic identity object, characterised by the method further comprising the step of: encrypting, in the electronic identity object, the biometric template stored in the electronic identity object using an homomorphic encryption so as to generate a homomorphically encrypted biometric template; transmitting the homomorphically encrypted biometric template to the verification terminal over the encrypted data link. encrypting, in the electronic identity object, the biometric template stored in the electronic identity object using an homomorphic encryption so as to generate a homomorphically encrypted biometric template; transmitting the homomorphically encrypted biometric template to the verification terminal over the encrypted data link.