Web3! Does AVC have anything riding on that? Meanwhile, from 2004, on Web1: On the other hand, say you’ve already established something of an online identity

Web3! Does AVC have anything riding on that? Meanwhile, from 2004, on Web1: On the other hand, say you’ve already established something of an online identity, perhaps through your own web site, or as a frequent commenter at this or some other blog(s). What prevents someone else from coming along and posting a comment here, leaving your name and your website’s URL to identify himself? Put another way, how can readers determine the authenticity of comments left here? … Well, now there’s a way to reassure them. If you have a PGP public key (if you don’t, create one for yourself), put a link to it in the <head> section of your web page: <link rel="pgpkey" type="application/pgp-keys" href="http://yoursite.com/path/to/yourkey.asc" /> Then you can: 1. Compose and preview your comment as before. 2. Edit it, as needed, and preview again. 3. Use your favourite PGP tool to clear-sign the text in the comment-entry box. 4. Paste the clear-signed comment into the comment-entry box, replacing the unsigned version. 5. Click PREVIEW once again, and then click on POST. To outward appearances, your comment will look no different than before. The only difference will be a clickable link to “verify” the comment. -- February 28, 2004, https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/000320.html https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/000320.ht...