Identity-Based Signing Shifts, Not Solves, Usability: Evidence from Five Identity-Based Signing Ecosystems

arXiv:2603.17133 · cs.SE, cs.CR · Submitted 2026-03-17 · Read on arXiv

cs.SE, cs.CR

Submitted: 2026-03-17

Updated: 2026-10-08

Code: https://github.com/nextgenusability/longitudinal_usability_id_signing

Project page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault

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Certificate Authority — 4× in this paper
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Actionability — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
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Decoupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Fine-Tuning — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
Generalization — 1× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
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Iterative Refinement — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
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