Re:I'm giving up on PGP
by jcranmer on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @10:21AM
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> Just get the national government to distribute RSA USB keys to every citizen. Then they can use them on public government websites (taxes & jobs stuff) to confirm poeple's identities, just plug in the key. Quick and simple. (And that's not incompatible with ALSO asking for a password that was send in a different paper letter. 2FA-style.).
Estonia does provide S/MIME certificates for every citizen, although I've been told that they're not particularly heavily used.
Between Estonia and the DoD, there's a few million users of S/MIME. Whereas PGP has a few tens of thousands of users. It's clear which product won out in the marketplace.
Estonia does provide S/MIME certificates for every citizen, although I've been told that they're not particularly heavily used.
Between Estonia and the DoD, there's a few million users of S/MIME. Whereas PGP has a few tens of thousands of users. It's clear which product won out in the marketplace.