Re: [bitfolk] Tor Obsfucation

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Author: Hugo Mills
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Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Tor Obsfucation
On 7 July 2012 17:35, Aaron B. Russell <aaron@???> wrote:
> What about a scan of a government-issued ID (eg passport/driver's license),
> and perhaps a quick Skype video call to prove that I actually had said
> document in my possession (as opposed to just having an image file which
> could have been)?


I much prefer the idea ofd a passport (with skype call) to a scan of a
utility bill.

Anyone who knows someones name and address can probably forge a scan
of a utility bill fairly easily.

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Phil Hunt, <cabalamat@???>


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Hi Aaron,

On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 05:38:13PM +0100, Aaron B. Russell wrote:
> Rationale: you'd have a copy of that image file once I'd sent it to you, =

and chances are a few other people may have access to that image file, so v=
erifying I actually had the real document would be somewhat important (thou=
gh of course depending on the video quality this may not be a great solutio=
n as you might not be able to verify the document is the same one as in the=
image=E2=80=A6)

So are you saying that if

- YOU had disabled the password reset, and
- YOUR service were down, and
- you were communicating with me via email (possibly from a
different email address to the one in our database)

YOU would not want me to reset your