Forms of identity (Was RE: Open versus closed PKI systems)

[Richard Clayton]

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In article <gy0A5wEXABB7EwKU@roland.linx.org>, Roland Perry
<roland@linx.net> writes

>In message <55ED5FD3B4D2D41193E60002A5090BCDC33275@clerkenwell.pres.co>,
>Owen Blacker <owen.blacker@wheel.co.uk> writes
>
>>Ronnie Biggs
>
>Which reminds me. Why did he have to get issued with an emergency
>passport? Without one, the worst that could happen when he arrived in
>the country would be that he was arrested...

The airline would have wanted to see a passport so as to be assured they
would not be footing the bill for his return to Brazil (plus a fine)

Since this thread is about identity, it is probably worth noting how
important it now is that the name on an airline ticket matches the name
within the accompanying passport.... [or that there exists a marriage
certificate to tie the two together]. If there is a mismatch they are
not meant to board you.

This must produce an interesting tension for ECommerce sites who wish to
verify that goods are despatched to the correct person if the name on
the passport does not match the name on the credit card being used [as
can happen in unusual cases where people operate financially under a
different name from that in their passport].

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richard                     richard.clayton  @  h i g h w a y m a n . com

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