Ron Johnson writes: > An ATM machine's threshold of "trust in identity" is account number and > PIN.
That is authentication, not identification. > Meat sack tellers (who don't recognize you) want to verify your signature > with a Government Issued ID Card. A mistake. The teller should authenticate (_authenticate_, not identify) you with a secret shared by only you and the bank. > Just as with the GPG Web Of Trust, meatspace relies on a web of trust. An easily subverted ad-hoc one. > All they care about is the GPG web of trust. Debian cares that I am the same person who was authorized to upload packages in 1998. They don't care if I am the person who files tax returns using the name John Hasler and a particular SSN. They are not interested in where I was born. Only governments and identity thieves are interested in complete life histories. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
