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by aapl 4794 days ago
One issue with just using a public key everywhere is that the most common public key authentication protocols result in some degree of non-repudiability. This is desirable for signing in to a bank but not for potentially embarrassing sites. I guess the cryptographic community might already have an answer to this, though.
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Different public for every site (which is what google proposed: http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/ComputingNow/pdfs/A...)