On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 19:15 -0800, Brian Beattie wrote: > > No. I have a driver's license, that's it. No school ID, work ID, credit > > cards, passport, or even a library card 8) > > > > I suspect I can't be the only one. When you consider that and the fact > > that we have devs in pretty isolated areas, I suspect building a web of > > trust will be quite a challenge. > > What does the government have to do with the web of trust. If I > "beattie at beattie dash home dot net" produce good work, what more do > you need to know, than that I and the same "beattie at beattie dash home > dot net" who built the wiz-bag foo-bar.
Well, that's all fine and dandy, but that doesn't establish who you are, only what you, or someone using your email address, has done. Your identity is a big part in establishing trust. If I don't even know your name, how exactly am I to trust you to be who you say you are. Remember that PGP is about verifying the identity of the person, not of their work. The government does some half-way decent checking into who you are, by requiring certain paperwork, for you to get identification. That makes the government a decent choice in a place to put faith into their identification papers. The same can be said for schools (public or private, so not necessarily government) or places of employment. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Operational/QA Manager Games - Developer Gentoo Linux
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