[uf-discuss] MicroID - Identity in a shade of microformat

[Eran]

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> [mailto:microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org] On 
> Behalf Of jer
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 7:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] MicroID - Identity in a shade of microformat
> 
> > Yep, I tend to agree with Holly. It seems that the process for 
> > verifying your identity is identical to the process of creating an 
> > identical "forgery."
> 
> What I need to learn how to say better (and put in a FAQ) is 
> something like "MicroIDs are not to be validated until a user 
> makes a claim and you've verified their email address (or 
> whatever comm identifier they used)".  Does that sound better?
> 

My point is that anybody who can verify your identity can also pretend to be
you. But this is getting kinda off topic for this list anyways.

Eran.