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Public key cryptography by nature requires a persons identity SOMEHOW be tied to their private key. Even if I get a private key issued by the government without
by snuxoll 11y ago
Public key cryptography by nature requires a persons identity SOMEHOW be tied to their private key. Even if I get a private key issued by the government without any identifying information embedded in it, it's still tied to my identity, at the very least whoever administers the vote knows who I voted for - at least with a paper ballot no one but me knows what ballot I submitted.
- CyberDildonics 11y agoTrue, although I think a centralized organization for identity, while not at all ideal, is different than everyone knowing who you voted for. I wonder if there are methods for mixing identities. Bitcoin mixing services have many people put coins into a pool, then outputs balances to new addresses. It isn't a 1:1 comparison at all, but I wonder if there are methods that could be used. If more than one identity service is used I wonder if the multiple keys could be mixed to create a unique key that only the voter knows.