Re: [Debconf-discuss] GPG PhotoIDs
On Monday 16 August 2010 16:13:17 Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
...
> Most often the main tools to build that trust is a) some photo ID which
> I try to have trust in the validity of, and b) the physical presence of
> the person claiming to own the digital identy, the name, the email
> address(es) and the photo ID.
>
> I like to be able to also tie digital identity to an image of that
> person.
think I've decided I like that too.
> I am not sure at all if improves the web of trust to sign jpeg images,
> but I do know that it improves the usefulnes of my personal collection
> of signed identities:
>
> When I later exchange emails with someone signing their message, I can
> verify not only that it is "someone in my web of trust" but also *who*
> it is.
>
> I am much better at recalling personality and past social interactions
> from a face than from the name of someone.
Likewise. There's "knowing by face" and "knowing by name", and it's good to
be able to tie the two together.
-- Chris
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