Comment Re:Providing free certificates (Score 3, Interesting) 127
How about community driven efforts such as cacert.org? Requires the receiver to import their root certificate, though.
Well, depending on the passport type, at least your picture, and sometimes your fingerprints too. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_passport
US Passport card != ICAO passport
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.