[OTR-dev] Separate Fingerprint For Each Account?

Ian Goldberg ian at cypherpunks.ca
Sun Sep 21 22:43:45 EDT 2008


On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 03:22:52PM -0700, otr at synx.us.to wrote:
> Which is why I'm saying that OTR should base its keys not on
> non-portable phone numbers, but on a higher-level concept of identity. A
> name perhaps, or some kind of record of who they claim to be. Something
> not tied to the physical channel of distribution.

We're in complete agreement.  OTR is agnostic on the whole identity
issue; it's up to the application to convey this notion of identity to
the user, and none of them does such a thing.

   - Ian



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