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OpenSource Digital ID already exists if the C.O.A. Corporation (COAC) needs it.
To the uninformed this will sound like gobbledegook.
Using PGP anyone can create a public / private key pair. If the COAC wants a digital I.D. then let’s inform them that they can use what already exists. For myself I’d do this by:
1) Creating a key pair on my device / computer.
2) Going into a government agency and confirming who I am through the current means.
3) They take my public key (a text file) and store it against those credentials.
After that any time they want to verify who I am I just sign with my private key using OpenSource PGP software (be it mine or theirs).
That’s it. No need for any of this creating closed source apps on our devices.
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On top of that, if they want to promise my info is secure then use my public key to encrypt all my private data on their servers.Shabang!
They’d have my data, but won’t be able to look at it unless I come in and un-encrypt it it for them using my private PGP key.
Done.
A great explanation of what on earth I’m talking about is at https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/It’s worth the mental strain and the weeks of chin scratching.
“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”
emailselfdefense.fsf.org
Email Self-Defense - a guide to fighting surveillance with GnuPG encryption
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Thanks for the information. What happens when you send an email to some one, can they read it? eg if you are interacting by email with the council or similar?
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2 possibilities:
a) If you just send them a normal email it will arrive as per usual. It will be clear text so anyone can read it if they get to the email.
b) The council should have a public key available for every email address in the council. If you use say an email program like Thunderbird or K9-mail (setup as in the link above), you will type in their email address, your email program will grab their public key automatically and encrypt your outbound message. The council will have the private half of the key to de-crypt your email to them. Anyone else whom acquires the email you sent will only see gobbledegook.
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Thanks for the explanation 🙂 That sounds great. Just in case you haven’t seen this I added this as a signature to my emails in Thunderbird, Mark gave me permission to use it and it automatically is added to any email as a signature….This email message (including attachments) contains information which
may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Unless you are the
intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone the
message or any information contained in the message or from any
attachments that were sent with this email. If you have received this
email message in error, please advise the sender by email, and delete
the message. Unauthorized disclosure and/or use of information contained
in this email may result in civil and criminal liability.
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