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Re: Please don't compromise my privacyby Petruchio (Vicar) |
on Mar 06, 2001 at 00:43 UTC ( [id://62339]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
However, if I'm reading your subtext properly, you want
to ID Monks without their knowledge and that raises
several concerns. Happily, this is the only point I need to respond to. This is not at all what I mean. I would not support, much less suggest, anything which would compromise the privacy of people here... especially mine. ;-) What I mean is simply this: if each Monk had the option to specify a second, secret password, he could use that password to verify his identity outside the site, without giving up his primary password. That is all. There is no connection with anyone's real identity. So, for instance, I set up another website, Perlmonks' Bar & Grille. You wish to get in. You supply your normal username, footpad, and your secondary password. My login CGI sends the pair to a CGI on Perlmonks, recieves a "YES" back, and lets you in. Without your needing to divulge your real password, and compromise your PerlMonks account, It seems that the word "automatic" (and probably some unclarity on my part) gave you a different impression. I meant it in reference to the way authentication is implemented. By having set your secondary password, you now automatically have access to my web site. This scheme has various strengths and shortcomings (as do other schemes) but it is totally voluntary, and not at all injurious to personal privacy. Sorry if I mislead you.
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