Re: [ga] Proof of Identification

[Darrell Greenwood <darrell_greenwood@mindlink.net>]

At 3:57 AM -0800 12/7/99, John C Klensin wrote:

>So this is an extremely interesting idea for US-based
>participants

The idea can be modified to have a 'validator/chequing account' in
more than just USA to eliminate the problems noted with cross border
chequing.

Interestingly, Canadian banks do not charge any fees for cheques
deposited which are drawn on US banks, for whatever reason.

There may be a country/bank combination which has better coverage and
no fees than those mentioned to date. It may be that one
'validator/chequing account' might work for the entire EU.

Regardless of using cheques for validation, if you are going to
validate, I think any system will have to have a number of different
ways to validate so an individual can chose the one best suited to
them. e.g., in-person validation, check validation, notary
validation, personal key validation, phone book listing plus
callback, email references, written references, and probably some
others that I can't think of.

It would take a very very low level of validation to eliminate the
Jensens, Davises, and Hollingsworths.

Cheers,

Darrell


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