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It would be cool if governments issued each person a “real” SSN only available to that person and the government, and an encryption tool/function. When a compan
by armchairhacker 4y ago
It would be cool if governments issued each person a “real” SSN only available to that person and the government, and an encryption tool/function. When a company asks to verify your ID they provide a “request” with the company ID with a timestamp, you encrypt it and sent it back to them, and the company can send the encrypted request to the government who decrypts it and verifies that you authorized it.
- giomasce 4y agoMy government does that: I can have a smart card that, with the appropriate protocols, can issue a cryptographic legally recognized proof that I am who I am.
- lupire 4y agoThat's overcomplicated and unreliable. Just use an Authenticator app. But that doesn't solve the problem of needing an ID ther they can tie to everything else.