Kerry Miller writes:
> Suppose that every purchaser of internet service fills out a form
> which is registered at the next higher level of access, be it ISP
> or DN management or whatever. Im not fluent in the terminology here
> (LDAP?), but it does seem like the 'infrastructure' is in place for
> a tree of auditable information.
Unfortunately our friendly neighbourhood ISP
is no more/less trustworthy than the local
supermarket or used car dealer. None of the
above make for particularly good agents of
popular democracy. They are simply businesses
of limited scope and intelligence. Plus the
potential for using the information to their
own ends is just too great.
In my opinion we will have to come up with
our own way to verify identity. We can't even
trust governments world wide to do our work
for us. The result of that in nations that do
not believe in universal sufferage will be a
whole bunch of really cool people sitting in
jails, being beaten in the streets and maybe
even worse. There must be a way but it ain't
through governments that are more often than
not oppressive, bogus and downright murderous.
Suggestions?
Bob Allisat
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