Hmmmm re-reading these emails I think I'd just like to point our for the record I've stated for a very long time that I'd like to see the people not-assured be severely limited in terms of certificates being issued, however this is a chicken an egg problem for us, how does a community effort with limited resources (time and money, although in this case money buys you time) verify the identity of the world.
So from the beginning this was a trade off to gain enough people that were identified by others to help the system grow, especially in light that we (lack money) to do a world tour and personally inspect the ID of more people.
BTW...there's also a way to jumpstart yourself into the system via the trusted third party method:
Trusted Third Parties
A trusted 3rd party is simply someone in your country that is responsible for witnessing signatures and ID documents. This role is covered by many different titles such as public notary, justice of the peace and so on. Other people are allowed to be authoritative in this area as well, such as bank managers, accountants and lawyers.
You can become a CAcert Assurer by seeking out trusted 3rd parties. You will also need to download and print out a copy of the TTP.pdf and fill in your sections. You will need to produce a photo copy of your ID, which the person assuring you will inspect against the originals. Once they are satisfied the documents appear to be genuine they need to sign the back of the photo copies, and fill in their sections of the TTP document. Once you have had your ID verified by 2 different people, pop the copies + forms in an envelope and post them to:
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