http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/01/24/internet-safety/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/01/24/internet-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-3890 John Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:32:40 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/01/24/internet-safety/#comment-3890 Todd, <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> One way this could be done is via a similar system that VeriSign uses for website certificates. If you actually have to pay for such a certification of your identity then the likelihood of it being falsified drops greatly. Not saying it's hack-proof but VeriSign has bet their business model on the fact that they verify that a website belongs to a certain entity. I'm sure they could come up with a way to do it for individuals. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> John Todd,

One way this could be done is via a similar system that VeriSign uses for website certificates. If you actually have to pay for such a certification of your identity then the likelihood of it being falsified drops greatly. Not saying it’s hack-proof but VeriSign has bet their business model on the fact that they verify that a website belongs to a certain entity. I’m sure they could come up with a way to do it for individuals.

John

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