martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Russ Allbery <[email protected]> [2009.06.23.0158 +0200]: >> Meeting in person and exchanging government ID or something that >> looks good enough to fool people is a compromise position, but >> I do think there's a general feeling that it's close to a sweet >> spot in that tradeoff for what we want out of our web of trust. > > Alright, I agree that it's not as useless as I sometimes portray it. > But it's still woefully arbitrary.
The fact that different governments may have different levels of security/reliablity attached to their documents does not render the process arbitrary. Sticking to government IDs is a simple *rule*, sticking to some more or less vague other proofs of identity was *arbitrary* [1]. Cheers, Johannes [1] I consider 'rule' an antonym of 'arbitrary'. The absence of rules leads to arbitrary outcomes. ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
