Beleaguered Didi Is Said to Lose $585M in Just Six Months

Re:Beleaguered Didi Is Said to Lose $585M in Just Six Months by WorldMaker on Friday September 07, 2018 @05:40PM (#17937887)

It's absolutely a hard problem, but I think it's one that we _need_ to solve. Quantity is too easy a solution, too easily gives us a false sense of security, and we've let that be a default for too long, collectively having just about stopped there.

So yes, I don't have any easy answers. I think this a problem for our industry, and probably one we need to collectively solve sooner than later, giving how antagonists are using our systems against us.

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Re:Beleaguered Didi Is Said to Lose $585M in Just Six Months by losteric on Friday September 07, 2018 @10:21PM (#17939038)

I think some form of government-backed authentication is inevitable for the commercial web... digital drivers licenses. Maybe that'll finally get us off social security numbers too.

Not something I want to see or use, but I think it's the only way to go about review-backed sites like Yelp or Uber. It's impossible to generally validate statements, but at least a persistent identity lets services decide whether to trust the person.

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