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> an understanding of digital identity that involves ownership of an email address and mobile phone rather than ability to sign a document. Buying a SIM card i
by OfSanguineFire 3y ago
> an understanding of digital identity that involves ownership of an email address and mobile phone rather than ability to sign a document.
Buying a SIM card in a great many countries today already requires showing state-approved ID and then signing a form that the shop clerk prints out. So, ownership of a mobile phone number does mean being able to sign a document. Are you concerned about SIM-jacking? I admit, I find the thrust of your post difficult to follow.
- Brian_K_White 3y agoIt absolutely does not, since a sim is just an object which can be acquired any number of ways than the intended one. They can also be faked and not even possessed at all, since all the server sees is some data. The server (the phone companies hardware) is not a notary public watching you sign something after verifying that your ID matches your person. This is exactly the grossly naive assumption they are talking about people treating as though it had any substance at all when it has practically none.