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That's the reason we have to still use fax machines right?

I know there are ways to do encryption like PGP on your message directly or I think email sent over TLS? But that isn't the default right and that's why I can't send a picture of my license to the insurance company directly over email?

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[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

PGP is already that answer. We just need a common trusted CA. It would be nice if the government did this and issued certs with your driver license or ID. We could replace our reliance on SSNs with actually good cryptography.

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Trust the government to link security certs with your ID? No thank you

[-] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

We have that already in Belgium. It’s been a while. It’s used to authenticate for government services or sign stuff. Why the hate?

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

trusting the government with certs to access data they're providing you == good

trusting the government not to listen to every email and website you ever visit and then not use that data to lock up dissidents. == bad

[-] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The same could be said about all central certificate authorities… In the end trust is always contextual I guess.

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My government keeps trying to pass laws that they need backdoors to every crypto to protect my safety, and also certain states are using Facebook chats to lock people up for abortion.

[-] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sad but unrelated to more reasonable governments providing certificates to their citizens. My comment only applies to citizens of reasonable governments.

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The reasonability of ones government is a treasured thing.

But do keep in mind, data collected is forever but the amount of reason that a government uses can change over time.

US States having access to abortion data would have be an absolute non-worry since the internet was invented, just starting a few years ago, it gets people put in jail.

It's better to keep government out of my private affairs :)

[-] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Better but unreasonable. What about taxes, administration, health… a functional government is the desired state imho. With some overseen transparency (thanks europe for that) I’m starting to think we’re getting there to some extent for our data lives here. Now apparently not where you’re from… but that would be the problem. Albeit not an easy one to fix.

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah we're a good coup away from Authoritarian Dictatorship, The solution for that seems to include armament, I'm not looking forward to it myself.

[-] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah not shit that’s the absolute worse. Where are you from if you don’t mind me asking ? Either the world is turning to shit or I’m getting old and it’s showing because it all seems that it was « better before » when it comes to freedom.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

trusting the government not to listen to every email and website you ever visit and then not use that data to lock up dissidents. == bad

I'm definitely not advocating for that. Just for "official business." Chatting with your friends or something, use matrix, signal, telegram, gpg, whatever you want. Signing documents or sending documents to your bank? That's when you need the government CA. Basically anytime you would normally use your ID to identify yourself.

[-] Eavolution@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You have clearly not met the ineptitude British government.

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