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I regularly wonder why we don’t have some form of physical verification token which signs things with our identity, the whole system is broken in that regard.
by Bnshsysjab 6y ago
I regularly wonder why we don’t have some form of physical verification token which signs things with our identity, the whole system is broken in that regard.
- rhexs 6y agoThat would be quite nice, but I’m not sure I’d trust the government to not store and then lose all the secret keys near instantly. If they can overcome that, sign me up.
- Bnshsysjab 6y agoThe beauty of public key cryptography is they don’t need to hold your private key, ever :)
- edouard-harris 6y agoThe closest thing to this are probably the seals or "chops" used in East Asian countries to authenticate contracts, invoices, and financials. Of course it's the seal's imprint you need to authenticate a document, but in practice physical control over the seal tends to be what confers decision-making power.