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Tru.ly launches as your Internet ID for the future [free beta invites]

13 points by matttah 16y ago

mooism2 16y ago
USA only?
- jasonlotito 16y ago
  Yes. Not only do they require a part of your social security number, but they also require a US address.
u48998 16y ago
Why?
felixthehat 16y ago
Is that domain Libyan?
- alloallo 16y ago
  Yes. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2259185 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2259185
- astrodust 16y ago
  I think this is a really, really bad idea. It's been known to cause trouble for other companies before when the Lybian administration doesn't like what you're doing.
mayank 16y ago
I love tautological statements like this: > Once adopted by other websites, Tru.ly could replace the OpenID, oAuth or Facebook Connect as the next evolution of an official login. Once it's widely adopted, it'll be widely adopted! Once my startup makes it big, it'll be big! And I just don't understand claims like this from a security standpoint: > With Tru.ly, you can even use a QR reader on your phone to validate a Tru.ly user on the spot as everyone who signs up gets their own QR code. Do people think that previous attempts to verify your "real id" have failed because the proponents were stupid, or because it is an incredibly difficult problem, verging on intractable? EDIT: to the downvoters, it's difficult to even verify the identity of a website, much less humans: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/12/forging_ssl_cer.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/12/forging_ssl_ce...
valjavec 16y ago
All OK, but I'm European. I've worked in USA, so I have social-security, but don't have permanent US address. World is a little bigger than USA afterall.
Groxx 16y ago
Whatever designer came up with a site that does this needs to do something else with their life: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363028/temporary/truly%20insane.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363028/temporary/truly%20insane.png Scroll bar fail.
kirbman89 16y ago
This service seems like it could be a privacy nightmare like Facebook. Will joining affect my credit rating? In other words, will this service be validating my identity based on information in my credit report? I'd rather stay off the grid until the government threatens to fine me if I don't sign up. (sarcasm)
mjacob 16y ago
I don't want to be "verified" badly enough to give some brand-new startup the last 4 of my SSN.
alloallo 16y ago
A .ly domain? Really? The website seems to deal with highly confidential data, and they're basing it on a top-level domain from a dictatorship (Libya) whose leader is currently bombing peaceful demonstrators? (That's right, they're using fighter planes against demonstrators!) Even before the current Libyan revolution there were problems with using .ly domains. E.g., Gadhafi recently made it illegal to use .ly domains for things deemed against Islam.
- gojomo 16y ago
  No tru.ly ID's for Ayaan Hirsi Ali or even Salman Rushdie!
- notahacker 16y ago
  I'm genuinely unable to believe they'd launch with that domain this week, irrespective of how much they'd financially and emotionally invested in the cute domain hack. It would be amazing even for the beta launch of a service that didn't depend on your trust in their security and ability to maintain uptime.
JohnTitus 16y ago
I find the lady in the middle of the page to be kind of creepy...
- dsteinweg 16y ago
  Refresh the page and you'll get a new lady.
ccarpenterg 16y ago
The site looks like spam to me.
kirpekar 16y ago
Terrible landing page
lancefisher 16y ago
I signed up because I think this is a good idea that has a place on the Internet. However, in order to link to my facebook and twitter accounts it wants permission to post to my wall and send out tweets. I'm tired of apps requesting more permissions than necessary, so that's where I stopped using it. Also, .ly is a bad idea.
kirbman89 16y ago
This is just a bad idea. Is this going to happen before we all get computer chips implanted in our arms?

13 points by matttah 16y ago

mooism2 16y ago

USA only?

jasonlotito 16y ago
Yes. Not only do they require a part of your social security number, but they also require a US address.

u48998 16y ago

Why?

felixthehat 16y ago

Is that domain Libyan?

alloallo 16y ago
Yes. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2259185 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2259185
astrodust 16y ago
I think this is a really, really bad idea. It's been known to cause trouble for other companies before when the Lybian administration doesn't like what you're doing.

mayank 16y ago

I love tautological statements like this: > Once adopted by other websites, Tru.ly could replace the OpenID, oAuth or Facebook Connect as the next evolution of an official login. Once it's widely adopted, it'll be widely adopted! Once my startup makes it big, it'll be big! And I just don't understand claims like this from a security standpoint: > With Tru.ly, you can even use a QR reader on your phone to validate a Tru.ly user on the spot as everyone who signs up gets their own QR code. Do people think that previous attempts to verify your "real id" have failed because the proponents were stupid, or because it is an incredibly difficult problem, verging on intractable? EDIT: to the downvoters, it's difficult to even verify the identity of a website, much less humans: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/12/forging_ssl_cer.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/12/forging_ssl_ce...

valjavec 16y ago

All OK, but I'm European. I've worked in USA, so I have social-security, but don't have permanent US address. World is a little bigger than USA afterall.

Groxx 16y ago

Whatever designer came up with a site that does this needs to do something else with their life: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363028/temporary/truly%20insane.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363028/temporary/truly%20insane.png Scroll bar fail.

kirbman89 16y ago

This service seems like it could be a privacy nightmare like Facebook. Will joining affect my credit rating? In other words, will this service be validating my identity based on information in my credit report? I'd rather stay off the grid until the government threatens to fine me if I don't sign up. (sarcasm)

mjacob 16y ago

I don't want to be "verified" badly enough to give some brand-new startup the last 4 of my SSN.

alloallo 16y ago

A .ly domain? Really? The website seems to deal with highly confidential data, and they're basing it on a top-level domain from a dictatorship (Libya) whose leader is currently bombing peaceful demonstrators? (That's right, they're using fighter planes against demonstrators!) Even before the current Libyan revolution there were problems with using .ly domains. E.g., Gadhafi recently made it illegal to use .ly domains for things deemed against Islam.

gojomo 16y ago
No tru.ly ID's for Ayaan Hirsi Ali or even Salman Rushdie!
notahacker 16y ago
I'm genuinely unable to believe they'd launch with that domain this week, irrespective of how much they'd financially and emotionally invested in the cute domain hack. It would be amazing even for the beta launch of a service that didn't depend on your trust in their security and ability to maintain uptime.

JohnTitus 16y ago

I find the lady in the middle of the page to be kind of creepy...

dsteinweg 16y ago
Refresh the page and you'll get a new lady.

ccarpenterg 16y ago

The site looks like spam to me.

kirpekar 16y ago

Terrible landing page

lancefisher 16y ago

I signed up because I think this is a good idea that has a place on the Internet. However, in order to link to my facebook and twitter accounts it wants permission to post to my wall and send out tweets. I'm tired of apps requesting more permissions than necessary, so that's where I stopped using it. Also, .ly is a bad idea.

kirbman89 16y ago

This is just a bad idea. Is this going to happen before we all get computer chips implanted in our arms?