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