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		module0000 on Sept 18, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GnuPG can now be used to perform notarial acts in ... This is also possible with SSL. The state/government being the CA, and you being a signed entity. Public crypto fits this mold really, really, well.

dcbadacd on Sept 18, 2018 | [–]

I'm starting to feel like I'm shilling Estonian eID (I'm not, just a regular citizen), but I think that system is the very least a cool proof of concept (if not a state of the art example) how public crypto can be used to sign and encrypt.

pbhjpbhj on Sept 18, 2018 | [–]

Don't you have to trust the state then?

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