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Re:Decentralized Proofs on Thursday August 18, 2022 @10:33AM (#32510211)
"This document describes a method of adding social proofs to OpenPGP keys in a way that can be independently verified by clients. This is similar to Keybase but decentralized."

Example: https://metacode.biz/openpgp/key#0x653909A2F0E37C106F5FAF546...

Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias on Thursday June 02, 2022 @11:30PM (#31603951)
It's a fair question. And I think that logically it's equivalent.

However, to maybe see why people don't do it (I imagine, I have no personal experience on this), let's put it in a US perspective. What if a visibly black person identifies as white? Or vice versa? Do you think it would be taken seriously by even the most ardent liberals?

EDIT: For context, let's remember the case of Rachel Dolezal [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Dolezal