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To add to this, an SSN seems to be pretty carelessly shared these days — I recently had an interaction with a government official where they just asked me for i

To add to this, an SSN seems to be pretty carelessly shared these days — I recently had an interaction with a government official where they just asked me for it, and of course there's plenty of forms both online and offline where you need to share it. If I saw that someone printed a form with their SSN on the office printer and forgot to pick it up, I'd just set it aside without a second thought, because it just isn't something that makes one think "red alarm fire". Contrast this with something like a private key, which never leaves your possession and is never shared directly, just used for signing. Unfortunately most non-technical people have no concept of such a thing, apart from...stamps and seals? The chip on a credit card might count, but it doesn't seem like people care about losing possession of that too much either.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
> Contrast this with something like a private key, which never leaves your possession and is never shared directly, just used for signing. Unfortunately most non-technical people have no concept of such a thing, apart from...stamps and seals? The chip on a credit card might count, but it doesn't seem like people care about losing possession of that too much either. So, consider how Apple is about to handle state IDs and driver's licenses with iOS 15. It's what you describe, mostly. Not a private key, but identity built on crypto, with a UX that doesn't suck. We're getting there. https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/27/ios-15-apple-implementing-security-verification-with-selfies-to-validate-id-cards-in-the-wallet-app/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/27/ios-15-apple-implementing-sec...