[Cryptography] After Equifax pwning, what is the best means for replacing the SSN?

Harald Koch chk at pobox.com
Wed Sep 13 20:56:07 EDT 2017


On 13 September 2017 at 20:10, Benjamin Kreuter <brk7bx at virginia.edu> wrote:

> Universal ID cards are not objectionable to most people; again,
> driver's licenses basically act as this in practice.  Passports are
> also commonly used for this purpose.
>

An important difference between drivers licenses / passports and SSNs is
that the former are reasonably tamper-resistant and are multi-factor
authentication (photo and signature), making them much better for ID
purposes than SSNs.

Also properties that can be replicated with crypto :)

-- 
Harald
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