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I agree that the fix is not to display the full email header for the "tech savvy" people. The real fix is some kind of reliable trust mechanism where the real V

by gerash 4y ago

I agree that the fix is not to display the full email header for the "tech savvy" people. The real fix is some kind of reliable trust mechanism where the real Venmo account gets some visual indicator (pad lock, blue check mark, etc.)

layer8 4y ago
That worked well for websites…
- bvrmn 4y ago
  And what did happen? Why EV is not used anymore?
  - darkerside 4y ago
    Yeah EV is something between a joke and a scam
  - jwilk 4y ago
    Browsers stopped displaying EV indicators in the URL bar. Barely anyone noticed. https://duo.com/decipher/chrome-and-firefox-removing-ev-certificate-indicators https://duo.com/decipher/chrome-and-firefox-removing-ev-cert...
solardev 4y ago
Gmail has this for PayPal but seemingly nothing else. Shrug.
userbinator 4y ago
No. The less we rely on Big Tech to think for us, the better.
bentcorner 4y ago
That requires all clients to agree to some kind of standard. Better to teach people not to trust email and to check the source of truth themselves. In this case they should check their bank account and verify they received a transfer (or their venmo/zelle account etc).
krade 4y ago
that's what BIMI certificates are for.