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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">_________________________<BR></SPAN><B>Peter Williams<BR></B></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 5/15/2008 10:47 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Christoph Eunicke<BR><B>Cc:</B> general@openid.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OpenID] Use OpenID for Identification<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Christoph Eunicke:
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">*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.
</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE>This and similar ideas have been many times suggested and rejected with the "free" argument.<BR><BR><BR>
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