Policy-Discussion

[Philipp Gühring <pg AT futureware.at>]

Hi,

[...ID-Stuff...]

> Banks and other institutions solve this problem by
> creating account numbers.  That is, the number
> becomes the identifier for the relationship between
> the individual and the bank.  In relational terms,
> this is much cleaner, as the account number can
> then point to other information such as the collected
> due diligence, and also to other things like alternate
> aliases.  Once you have a number there is no need
> to worry overly about using the name, that's just one
> of those additional details.

CAcert also has accounts, based on the email address.

Regards,
Philipp Gühring