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The problem is the government can then definitively associate all your accounts with your real identity
by rangestransform 2y ago
The problem is the government can then definitively associate all your accounts with your real identity
- noAnswer 2y agoHow does the government know which token a ID card generated? The ID card itself generates (for each service a different one) and encrypts it. Not even the card reader can read it. It is a encrypted channel between the card and the ID-server for the site/service. The pseudonym function does not identify a person but a card.
- jack_pp 2y agoIf it identifies the card and the govt can identify you by your card then isn't it by definition identifying the person?
- noAnswer 2y agoThe government doesn't know which card a token from a "pseudonym function" belongs to. The government can identify a person when the ID function was used, of course. Again, it is a random token the card generates internally for each service. It is non transferable! If you get a new ID card, you can't use it login to whatever you used your old card for. (You would need something else... say an email :-) to tie the knot back to the old identity or whatever.) Which makes this function, the pseudonym function, very bad for random accounts (Edit: meaning longer lasting online identities like forums or whatever). I guess eaglemfo didn't knew. It's more for like "yes, yes, I'm an adult, now give me this pr0n movie which I pay for with my anonym prepaid card" kind of deals.
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