Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo...
by hacker_homie on Thursday June 25, 2026 @09:51PM
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I thought a solution to this would be to use a physical smartcard to store the certificate(perhaps on your government ID).
if the protocol is a challenge/response and the private key never leaves the card it would make proxying without the physical card more difficult.
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Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo...
by wolvoleo on Thursday June 25, 2026 @10:27PM
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Yeah great idea, having to get out your government ID every time you want to use a website.
Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo...
by prmoustache on Friday June 26, 2026 @03:08AM
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A certificate could be anonymous and the website would only need to verify it against the born_before_2008_root_cert in 2026. You could issue has many certs as you want and all would have a validity of 1 year so that websites only have to install at the maximum 2 root certs.
Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo...
by faeyanpiraat on Friday June 26, 2026 @03:37AM
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The “2008” part hit me hard
Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo...
by wolvoleo on Friday June 26, 2026 @09:46AM
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I know but what I mean is it's a lot of hassle just to visit something. And many devices I have like my VR headset don't have an NFC reader to validate some govt ID.
Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo...
by pastel8739 on Thursday June 25, 2026 @10:12PM
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If the smart cards required some human input to perform a signature maybe this could work. Otherwise there is nothing stopping someone from selling use of their card via some proxy software