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Personally, I think the DMV should issue a private key to everyone in the US. Aside from making the implementation of a remote/online voting system trivial, it
by buu700 11y ago
Personally, I think the DMV should issue a private key to everyone in the US.
Aside from making the implementation of a remote/online voting system trivial, it would rid us of the horribly broken way we've been using social security numbers.
- hellbanner 11y agoHave you talked to them about this?
- buu700 11y agoNope, it's really just an off-the-cuff thought I've had, not something I've put serious thought into the implementation of or tried to pitch to anyone.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoThey didn't return my emails on the subject. I might try faxes or couriered presentations on LaserDisc next.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoI agree, though I don't like the idea of them having a copy of my private key; wouldn't it make more sense for you to give them a copy of your public key after verifying that you are who you say you are, initially?
- jimktrains2 11y agoCould you get a physical token with a random key that is unknown? Some ECC can make use of random bits as a private key.
- EthanHeilman 11y agoPhysically Unclonable Functions (PUF) are what you are looking for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_unclonable_function https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_unclonable_function
- pavel_lishin 11y agoIs there a way to verify that a piece of hardware is a PUF, and doesn't contain some sort of trojan horse?
- buu700 11y agoWell, yeah, that'd make more sense; I guess that was more along the lines of what I meant to say. Generally speaking, the idea is that the DMV (or some other government entity) would act as a CA for all of its citizens.
- eximius 11y agoIt would make more sense to let you generate a key and they sign it.