Who issues the private key? "get" implies it comes from somewhere, i.e. a CA system.
If the government is the CA system, and your private key is your identity, how do you establish your identity in the event that you lost your key?
The nice thing about SSNs being immutable is that none of these are concerns. (It's also the bad thing about SSNs being immutable.)
We do have one thing in the US that’s physical proof, and that’s your birth certificate. But I’m sure people lose them and they can be pretty easily fabricated.
Who issues the private key? "get" implies it comes from somewhere, i.e. a CA system.
If the government is the CA system, and your private key is your identity, how do you establish your identity in the event that you lost your key?
The nice thing about SSNs being immutable is that none of these are concerns. (It's also the bad thing about SSNs being immutable.)