[OpenID] Use OpenID for Identification

[Peter Williams]

Don't we already have it indirectly now, though, in the openid world?


If you use the myopenid phonefactor token, you are getting assurance that the registered) phone is "controlled by" a national authority (legally) - as given by the country code of the E.164 number. Lots of laws come into play, now. In certain countries (where post and phone were historically regulated by the same entity), you even get to invoke "mail" fraud, now. And, that's a pretty heavy hitter, both during investigation and enforcement.


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Peter Williams



From: Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)
Sent: Thu 5/15/2008 10:47 AM
To: Christoph Eunicke
Cc: general at openid.net
Subject: Re: [OpenID] Use OpenID for Identification


Christoph Eunicke: 
*Something like a OpenID-Rootserver as used in the DNS which
  tells you which provider has the permission to claim things
  about a specific country.
  
This and similar ideas have been many times suggested and rejected with the "free" argument.



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