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Re:A year after outcry, IRS still doesn’t offer taxpayers al... by woodruffw on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:30PM (#34735627)
Most people struggle not to lose their credit cards (which can be disabled and replaced without significant pain), much less long-term key material. I shudder at the thought of civil servants needing to understand key revocation.

(That's even before quibbling over whether PGP would be the right choice for civil cryptographic identities, which it probably isn't.)

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Re:A year after outcry, IRS still doesn’t offer taxpayers al... by kalleboo on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:53PM (#34735765)
In some countries you get your private key embedded in the smart chip in your government ID card (accessible by NFC from any recent smartphone or a $10 USB reader), which you'll want to replace anyway if you lose it.
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