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I guess it is, but I'm assuming the government has a better system of keeping track of my papers than I would have of keeping track of my digital keys/identities. What if there's a fire and I lose my key pair without a backup? I'm screwed.
The government would have a copy as well! It's just that it's very hard for an entire government's data and your data to get wiped at the same time.
The government would have a copy of my public and private key?
Hmm, alright, I guess. It goes against my gut regarding key pairs but in this instance I guess it would be necessary. 😅
Nooo ur documents. Not ur private key lol (it wouldn't exactly be private now, would it). Let's say u lose ur private key. U would have to manually do shit like u do when u lose ur passport.
What I'm saying is, ur identity being deleted only if the government AND u lose all ur data on all devices at the same time. Which is incredibly unlikely.
It's like saying, "I don't trust a papered system because the state buildings and my house could burn at the same time with my documents in them"
Oh I see. So they have my data encrypted with their private keys. And I have my data encrypted with my own key? Or did I get lost again? 🫣