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We already have the digital channels in place. In Germany, the ID cards can do NFC and are part of a PKI. You can use them with your phone to prove that you are
by mr_mitm 4y ago
We already have the digital channels in place. In Germany, the ID cards can do NFC and are part of a PKI. You can use them with your phone to prove that you are not underage, for example, and the other party will only get a signed boolean value. It's actually done quite well considering our state of digitalization.
Of course that comes with a host of different issues in the context of our discussion, like destroying pseudoanonymity.
- brundolf 4y agoRight, but that's what I'm saying. You don't need any of that; the only thing you need to verify out-of-channel (i.e. in-person) is that "a real human exists and they've told me that x@y.com is their email address". From there on, regular internet auth/encryption is sufficient to ensure you continue interacting with that real human over email
- mr_mitm 4y agoGotcha. I think I would kind of welcome it if AI caused people to focus more on the offline world. Perhaps real life meetings will flourish because of this development. Perhaps artists will make art again for intrinsic reasons, because commercializing art will be even harder than it is now.