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> The unfortunate side effect of this is, less technical people might see a digital signature as a full and complete proof. While it definitely is not. It's fa
by daveoc64 4y ago
> The unfortunate side effect of this is, less technical people might see a digital signature as a full and complete proof. While it definitely is not.
It's far better than the status quo where easily forged documents (passports, driving licences, utility bills) that have a validity period of 5-10 years are considered infallible proof of everything.
- Nextgrid 4y agoIn addition, it being cryptographic could mean that you no longer have to share any more data than necessary. Let's say that you want to implement age verification - all you need is for the card to sign a challenge saying that the user is old enough (which the backend can verify based on public keys published by the government) without having the card reveal anything else.
- aaomidi 4y agoExcept people have a much better understanding of how these fail which generally makes a lot of the process "reversible" with police reports etc.