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That would end up requiring your identity to be a key of some sort, though, since ultimately the thing you're logging into needs to check _something_. Email-li
by mook 14y ago
That would end up requiring your identity to be a key of some sort, though, since ultimately the thing you're logging into needs to check _something_. Email-like things are useful because somebody has to control the domain; if you don't have that, it's harder to establish something. Of course, you can say things like "Hi, I'm random prime number 534473", but that's much less memorable...
- drdaeman 14y agoThe displayed name is a bit different concept from identity. It's like a server and it's DNS name. The point is, nothing prevents the site from knowing me as 70BD6432E50DFB65FF679B32364C3C7840DE4453, but displaying me everywhere as "Aleksey".