[toomuchtodo]

If you have a cryptographic primitive and a robust system to protect it (secure hardware, biometric auth), if you can confirm digital identity in real life you can be reasonably assured Adam is reading. Chain of integrity.

[candiddevmike]

Just like blockchain, meat space applications of digital chains of trust require too much benevolence. At the end of all the state of the art crypto is Grandma pushing a button.

[toomuchtodo]

Speaks to the robustness of the legal system, and code simply a crude layer on top of it.