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[-] jaschop@awful.systems 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'll slightly nitpick the claim about the central ID register, because you can do a lot of this stuff decentralized with smart IDs.

I imagine it works like this: You somehow get your hands on a certificate that reads "yo, the controller of the key pair with public key a4c6... is over 18 - signed, new south wales records agency". You hook up your smart card to pass some cryptographic test, and voilá: you proved you have the ID of an adult and know their PIN.

Not that I advocate for IDing everytime you visit a website, but I guess I'd be fine with it for ordering weed online. I expect we'll get something like it in the EU, if we decide not to go full fucking surveillance state.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 3 days ago

controller of the key pair

never.

These are not people who are going to do things correctly, let alone doing complex things correctly. They are absolutely going to come up with some hamfisted bullshit, there is no way they are not. If they really try to do this, the most likely version is a central ID register but it's privatised.

[-] jaschop@awful.systems 4 points 3 days ago

Can't be done vs. won't be done is a distinction. I said it was a nitpick.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 3 days ago

That's a distinction without a meaningful difference.

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