[OpenID] [oauth] Re: [diso-project] Re: OpenID Accessibility

[Ben Laurie]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:02 PM, SitG Admin
<sysadmin at shadowsinthegarden.com> wrote:
>>>  Reminds me about some Google employee contacting me the other day with
>>> some
>>>  inquiry or job offer ...and I thought it was a phishing attempt. The
>>> email
>>>  wasn't signed nor any other indication which would let me clearly know,
>>> that
>>>  this is somebody really working at Google. :S
>>
>> What would they sign it with, or indicate with, that would convince you?
>
> For the first employee of Google to try proving it, this is the challenge.
> For subsequent employees, could users within the group have fellow employees
> (already validated) vouch for them?

Web of trust, sure. Works fine until someone leaves the company :-)