This is probably the future. Who is better able to verify an identity than a state? State run registrars regulate companies. States issue individuals ID documents. If you have trusted central parries issue encryption certificates it will gravitate to fewer and more centralised issuers.

Decentralised systems such as ssh are different, but I find it hard to imagine trusted central authorities ending up as anything other than states, or so heavily regulated as to be effectively state be controlled. This wax always the big flaw in SSL/TLS. In DNS too.

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graemep 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Downvotes but no counter arguments? DO people think I am wrong but cannot be bothered to explain why, or are people shooting the messenger, or have poor reading skills and interpret prediction as advocacy? Genuinely curious.

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inigyou 10 hours ago | parent [-]

People on HN are resistant to government power, but fail to realize the US government having power over Russia (via CAs) is worse than the Russian government having power over Russia.

	▲	graemep 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Even that goes beyond what I was saying, and its a matter of PoV - Americans would presumably prefer their government to have more power over other countries in at least some cases, and very likely with regard to Russia. I am not saying its a good thing and I strongly implied that it is a bad thing (I referred to it as a "flaw"). Surely the anti-government power people on HN should agree with me? I am warning of an expansion of government power. They might not like it, but no one likes warnings.