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Re:UK government urged to use Bitcoin-style digital ledgers by cm2187 on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @04:54AM (#10929642)
But in a crypto-ledger system, if a computer in the UK embassy in Kenya is infected, you will still be issuing fake passports. This is effectively moving the problem away from a central server to all of the clients, and I am not sure this improves security.

I would assume that cryptographic signatures are a better protection against tempering.

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Re:UK government urged to use Bitcoin-style digital ledgers by CyberDildonics on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @03:05PM (#10933543)
It doesn't move the problem, it prevents it in certain scenarios or makes it more difficult. The scenario you describe is already a valid method of attack.
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