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I imagined one time a system a bit like a chat protocol where parties exchange many messages over a long time where the geolocation, the computer and the applic
by 6510 4y ago
I imagined one time a system a bit like a chat protocol where parties exchange many messages over a long time where the geolocation, the computer and the application are parties too. The parties each have many different kinds of credentials, one for each purpose. It would start with requesting verification for the application, it can ask step/level 1 from any party, device or application with sufficient authentication for level 1 verification of applications. (The fridge can reject the task if it doesn't feel like participating.) Level 2 is done after a few hours at a party that can do level 2 verification. The toaster like the fridge may forward the request to a different party with sufficient trust level to record, process and forward the auth request (if it feels like it) The initial party is kept in the dark on how wide spread their app auth request has been processed. Processing auth requests that enjoyed some further validation also gradually improves the trust level of the processing party. Countless handshakes take place over many years with countless other parties of increasing trust that may or may not preserve the exchange and/or geolocation. Eventually the sum of the computer, app and user credentials allows the generation of a qr code or a link that expires after 5 min or single use, which ever comes first but it will grow towards 7 days and 100 uses at security level 1. So the local pub has some potentially off-line semi-usable hand shakes from a machine/app/user combination and it previously validated a few of them including an "over 21" with a car in the neighborhood and a vending machine. Those can confirm the toaster indeed forwarded an auth request to them. Neither party needs internet, everything just works. Persecution may start long before you get to buy booze or rent a bicycle or it will catch up with you eventually. Post apocalyptic/countryside offline mode may be taken away from you.