With respect to: >... > - repudiation: there is no way deny writing a message; leading to self > censoring. > > In other words, everything I sign with my Thawte client certificate is > tied to my identity *for life*. That's why I don't use that thing. In > fact, I've long since lost the private key for it. With password based > accounts, I can decide to write under any pseudonym and keep control of > my privacy, at the price of having the hassle with passwords. > > I've tried to write a blog[1] on it. >... > witmond.nl/blog/2012/11/21/why-we-still-use-passwords.html
I agree with you entirely. Though tangential enough to perhaps be off-topic, I wrote on the same theme last month. Identity as Privacy geer.tinho.net/ieee/ieee.sp.geer.1301b.pdf --dan _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
