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This is an excellent suggestion. I imagine a future where when we meet people in real life, rather than ask, "what is your phone number?" we ask, "what is your
by yafujifide 13y ago
This is an excellent suggestion. I imagine a future where when we meet people in real life, rather than ask, "what is your phone number?" we ask, "what is your public key?"
- betterunix 13y agoI doubt it. The trend has been towards things that are easier to remember than phone numbers, and public keys are much harder to remember. If public key encryption ever becomes commonplace for personal communication, it will probably be via identity based encryption; if a web of trust is involved it will be between IBE authorities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_based_encryption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_based_encryption
- scott_karana 13y agoWell, you're right. The exchange may end up being more like a NFC tap of phones, giving both a phone number and public key.
- mbq 13y agoPublic keys belong to keyservers. It will be rather "what is the fingerprint of you key?"