Interesting, but I would have thought getting a factor r that convers "I'm very smart" to "I confirm that I'm stupid" would be basically impossible to find.
Is there a shortcut being used (e.g. a weak encryption algorithm) to make this a reality?
Or are they really saying "sign this hash for me" and people are saying "okay!".
Mind you, a mint will sign anything. That's pretty interesting imo.