On Monday 16 August 2010 16:13:17 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: ... > Most often the main tools to build that trust is a) some photo ID which > I try to have trust in the validity of, and b) the physical presence of > the person claiming to own the digital identy, the name, the email > address(es) and the photo ID. > > I like to be able to also tie digital identity to an image of that > person.
think I've decided I like that too. > I am not sure at all if improves the web of trust to sign jpeg images, > but I do know that it improves the usefulnes of my personal collection > of signed identities: > > When I later exchange emails with someone signing their message, I can > verify not only that it is "someone in my web of trust" but also *who* > it is. > > I am much better at recalling personality and past social interactions > from a face than from the name of someone. Likewise. There's "knowing by face" and "knowing by name", and it's good to be able to tie the two together. -- Chris _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
