• @[email protected]
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    102 years ago

    Can’t speak for all countries, but some countries like Estonia, identity is stored via asymmetric certs that can’t be downloaded off your card. The only thing centralized afaik, is the authority cert. If that gets compromised, all signatures require a trusted timestamp, so you can easily invalidate signatures made with false or compromised certs.

    • animist
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      62 years ago

      Okay that honestly sounds awesome and would be something I would be willing to do. Thank you for the info

      • @[email protected]
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        62 years ago

        Yeah. Honestly, I prefer it to anything else. For example, if I’m signing a contract, then the signature comes with their personal ID number. If I need to sue, then

        1. I have their personal ID number
        2. I can electronically serve them the court documents
        3. I can log into their governments web portal
        4. Cross border stuff gets way easier.
    • Mike D.
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      12 years ago

      I was wondering about Estonia specifically as I recall them launching around 2015.