It turns out, identity, authentication and security in general are hard. In some context, it takes episodes like the NSA, heartbleed and this OAuth nonsense to

It turns out, identity, authentication and security in general are hard. In some context, it takes episodes like the NSA, heartbleed and this OAuth nonsense to remind us how important knowing who you're talking to is on the Internet. It's hard to determine authenticity heuristicly and even harder with faulty signals. More transparent security seems like a positive thing and yet the market forces are strictly against such an idea for obvious reasons (witness do not track). I don't know how this will shake out, but if history has told me anything, it's to be hopeful for a better tomorrow.