[46766] in Cypherpunks
Re: "trust management" vs. "certified identity"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sten Drescher)
Mon Jan 8 11:47:13 1996
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Sten Drescher <dreschs@austnsc.tandem.com>
From: Sten Drescher <stend@cris.com>
Date: 08 Jan 1996 10:39:55 -0600
In-Reply-To: shamrock@netcom.com's message of Sun, 7 Jan 1996 22:12:37 -0800
shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green) said:
LG> At 1:40 1/7/96, Frank O'Dwyer wrote:
>> But it is usually easier to determine (and vouch for) who a stranger
>> is than how trustworthy they are, if only because there are quick and
>> easy real-world mechanisms for this (driver's licence,
>> passport,etc.). That's all I meant.
LG> Though it may seem that way, I am not so sure that it is true. I am
LG> told that you can buy a CA driver licence in the hispanic part of
LG> San Francisco for about $50. Hologram and all.
60 Minutes did a report a year or so ago where one of their
reporters (Harry Reasoner, I think) purchased various fake IDs, ranging
from drivers licenses to 'green' cards. The green cards he purchased
were virtually indistinguishable (in quality - the names varied (; )
from his genuine green card (the reporter was/is Canadian).
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