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RE: What VERIFYING that you are "real" in #introduceyourself means!
Thank you, @acidyo! My wife saw not only plagiarism, but the exact type of identity theft you described! It's sickening.
Two cryptographic solutions may help:
https://keybase.io/lukestokes
https://onename.com/lukestokes
The last one is even based on the blockchain.
What this does ensure is that the social media accounts have been verified. They could then sign a message using their key for added validation.
Is this too difficult for most people? Probably.
What else can we do about it?
Skill up. I know that's harsh, but many people used to think email was too complicated. Now it's second nature. I think public/private key encryption will also be something we all have to get used to, especially as cryptocurrencies become more common.
Sent you the 3rd reward for the suggestion! Thanks!
Sweet! Thank you.
haha thanks for verifying ;)
Thanks for this post! I agree, it happens so often in the "new" section. Most thankfully get flagged or shut down early, but every now and then some make it further and some times even too high. But the community here isn't easy fooled, so that's a +!
The account verifying method you described is new to me and if it really is that simple as it sounds, that is amazing and would be awesome to have a "sticky" guidepost with it there for newbies in the #introduceyourself.
That's a good idea. Maybe I'll put together a tutorial at some point. Public/Private key encryption can be hard and confusing, even for those in tech. I like how these sites try to make it easy.
Can you please send me an invite in keybase?
Hey @dumpa. I guess I could, but I think the idea behind the system is that you recommend close friends that you would vouch for personally. Since you and I are strangers at this point and have never met in real life, that might be a little odd. As for keybase, I'm not sure what they are up to as I see a long queue to signup and not much activity on their twitter feed... odd.