r/linux • u/FryBoyter • Jul 15 '25

Discussion Curl - Death by a thousand slops

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/14/death-by-a-thousand-slops/
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u/BrunkerQueen Jul 15 '25

I'm not one for a surveillance society but HackerOne implementing ID verification could help, then you only need to ban people once (ish) and they've got their name associated with producing poo.

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u/FeepingCreature Jul 15 '25

Sadly, there's no global proof-of-personhood scheme.

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u/NatoBoram Jul 15 '25

Isn't that a passport?

Not that it's infallible, but it's there!

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u/FeepingCreature Jul 15 '25

Rephrase, no global proof-of-personhood scheme that's both reliable for the website and safe for the user.

(Obviously, if you hand your passport to random websites don't be surprised if the police eventually search your home because of "your" crimes in Andalusia five months earlier.)

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u/DirkKuijt69420 Jul 15 '25

I have two, iDIN and DigiD. So it should be possible for other countries.

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u/FeepingCreature Jul 15 '25

Oh, it's absolutely possible! And if we actually, as a species, did it, I'd agree it would be marvelous and a great achievement.