[cap-talk] A can of worms, or, "why do we care so much about identities?"

[Karp, Alan H]

Jed wrote:
> 
> Still, I'm struck most by how the situation in computer systems seems
> much simpler to me.  Just thinking in terms of public/private key
> pairs, they can be created, the public key shared, trust developed,
> etc. regardless of the nuances of self behind the identity.
> 
It's important to remember that private keys can be shared just as
easily as public keys.  We may have problems if we act as if a private
key identifies a person.  

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