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A corrupt government official selling a copy of that key to the highest bidder just sounds like the free market to me /s
by connicpu 1y ago
A corrupt government official selling a copy of that key to the highest bidder just sounds like the free market to me /s
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- victorbjorklund 1y agodoes not say anything about it passing digital checks
- charcircuit 1y agoWhy would they make such an important key be copyable?
- lxgr 1y agoTo be useful, that key needs to be present in countless border checkpoint or even police devices, so it's inherently very hard to keep secret. That's a known trade-off, and I believe some countries accordingly restrict access to their own national authorities (which usually already have access to that data via other means, since they're issuing the document).
- Nextgrid 1y agoYou wouldn't need the key to be copyable though - it can be an online check - ie. passport sends challenge, terminal sends challenge to government-hosted HSM, HSM sends response.
- lxgr 1y agoGood point, but that's in the end a typical availability/security tradeoff, and I could imagine that at least some verifying authorities would rather err on the side of the former.
- chrisandchris 1y agoImagine, there are a lot of borders and pösces where duch control happens where internet is not guaranteed.
- hamburglar 1y agoThe way computer security people and government officials understand keys and key handling practices is vastly different.
- BuyMyBitcoins 1y agoIt’s obviously not a free market. You have to bribe someone, which is by definition not free. /s
- connicpu 1y agoFree as in freedom ;)