A colleague has asked if anyone still uses and purchases personal digital certs, the kind you'd buy from Thawte and the like?

He reports "In days gone by there was good old Thawte. Not only valid signature but even Notary status.

Sold out to Verisign (not all bad as then we got Ubuntu). I got a Verisign ‘person’ certificate (for around $25/year).

I think Verisign is no more also."

He asks if there is anywhere reliable to get one from?