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Does anyone know exactly what this is in technological terms? I'm thinking maybe it's a PKI that assigns an ECDSA private key to each EU resident? Then their
by csense 10y ago
Does anyone know exactly what this is in technological terms? I'm thinking maybe it's a PKI that assigns an ECDSA private key to each EU resident?
Then their talk about timestamping makes me think maybe there's a blockchain involved?
- icebraining 10y agoMany EU states are already issuing keypairs to their citizens, usually in a smartcard that is their national ID. This initiative is supposed to get states to recognize each others' keys. There's not blockchain; entities can simply sign a timestamp to a document, and then people and other entities can either trust it or not. From what I understand, a private company can be licensed as an "verified" timestamper, and then sell its services to other companies or individuals.
- yawaramin 10y agoEvery country that is issuing machine-readable passports is effectively issuing a keypair (stored in the passport's machine-readable chip). See: http://www.icao.int/Meetings/TAG-MRTD/Documents/Tag-Mrtd-15/P_Butler.ppt http://www.icao.int/Meetings/TAG-MRTD/Documents/Tag-Mrtd-15/...