Re:You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
by jabbany on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @03:27AM
(#32921798)
It's not really my idea (has been proposed multiple times long ago to the point it has even been implemented in many places).
As for identity theft, it's actually not that common/easy except in the US (which has no centralized national ID issuer and largely depends on hacks building on the SSN).
An besides, protecting digital identity is already important even without this bootstrapping.
> Imagine if your Twitter gets hacked and your digital identity makes it so your Gmail gets blocked.
Flip the services around and you have the reality of today.
As for identity theft, it's actually not that common/easy except in the US (which has no centralized national ID issuer and largely depends on hacks building on the SSN).
An besides, protecting digital identity is already important even without this bootstrapping.
> Imagine if your Twitter gets hacked and your digital identity makes it so your Gmail gets blocked.
Flip the services around and you have the reality of today.