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Comment Re: How to fix the broken system? (Score 1) 299

Or if the private key is a number/letter matrix and the authentication includes only sending a subset of data for authentication. If one subset is compromised, such as 8 random character positions out of a 40x40 matrix, then the whole is not known. Plus a personal changeable pin to salt it each time. New cards would have to be able to be certifiably re-released as well... Maybe only with biometrics.

Comment How to fix the broken system? (Score 1) 299

Obviously having a lifelong single password (SS#) is not enough anymore. But we still want identification that is relatively quickly accessed and verified. Could we reissue with a public and private key pair for each citizen? Could we trust the certs? What options can the slashdot crowd think of?

Comment Re:Why is it so hard to admit? (Score 1) 642

Thinking rationally would require you to first prove that there is a problem. Not only to determine if a problem exists (looks likely), but the determine the nature of the problem. Making up-front statements as concrete facts skews any kind of conversation or research toward that "given" fact.

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