> ... 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 freedomfigher...@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 _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss