[Freedombox-discuss] identity and pseudonyms and trust... Re: Relationship driven privacy

[Tony Godshall]

Damn.... meant to change to subject line... did not mean so
hijack the thread...

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Tony Godshall <togo at of.net> wrote:
>> ... The same principle exist between a reporter and a
>> whistleblower. The pseudonymity article suggests the technology exists to
>> protect freedom fighters through unlinkable pseudonyms.
>
> It's important, I think, to be able to extend the web of trust to
> people we can identify and trust, not just the I met at a key signing
> and confirmed his government ID, but also the guy who organized the
> protest and wears the baseball cap and shades and owns the
> freedomfigher997 at gmail.com e-mail address...
>
>> Outside the FreedomBox network, I will still need to access websites using
>> the insecure practise of username/password. ...
>
> Not so insecure if the password is encrypted...  indeed it may be more
> secure than carrying around media containing your key, which may be
> taken from you by an authority...
>
>> ... I would like to see FreedomBox
>> support OpenID and WebID i.e. the FreedomBox owner is the identity manager.
>> OpenID is in wide use, and has "personas" which is similar to relationship
>> profiles. WebID is more secure than OpenID, but AFAIK does not
>> have relationship profiles and is not widely used.
>
> Can you tell us more?
>
>> Why can't new users today create their own account after passing a challenge
>> test using their personal information?  The challenge test would be
>> performed on a device (MAC address registered on server) in a secure area
>> (identity check required for area access) and the user's personal
>> information must already exist on the HR/owner's server (Web of Trust).
>
> Well, that's opens our freedom fighter up for compromise, doesn't it?
> Our oppressed hero probably wants all his activities done under one or
> more pseudonyms...
>
>> I am
>> not suggesting FreedomBox do this, but wonder why doesn't this WOT model
>> exist already?
>
> Um... keysingings?
>
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Key_signing_party
>
> Not that they're particularly user-friendly :-(
>
> Tony
>



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