Ask HN: Is it time for social media posts to have digital signatures?
Given the recent Twitter hack, I wonder if we would all be safer if there was a way to digitally sign tweets and other posts.
Basically you could sign your tweet with PGP or X.509 and anyone could click on a little padlock icon on your tweet to download the signature for verification.
I imagine only a few accounts would actually use it (mainly cryptonerds and important officials).
Do you think it would help or would it just be a waste of time?
Basically you could sign your tweet with PGP or X.509 and anyone could click on a little padlock icon on your tweet to download the signature for verification.
I imagine only a few accounts would actually use it (mainly cryptonerds and important officials).
Do you think it would help or would it just be a waste of time?