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

[Owen Blacker]

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Richard Clayton mentioned:
> 
> 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].  

And several other cases -- if I buy from US e-commerce sites (such as
Amazon.com, rarely), I tend to use my boyfriend's plastic.  I don't have a
credit card (as I mentioned previously), but he has something with a Visa
logo on it...  :o)


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