• @Wheeljack
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    24 years ago

    Total newb question: if a user controls their identity information and keeps that local, what’s to stop them from modifying that local information to elevate privileges on these “permissionless” remote site? Am I totally misunderstanding the concept?

    • @RumblestiltskinOP
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      14 years ago

      I assume that is up to the website. If the website wanted to store these permissions in this ID they could add a signature to the ID that can not be recreated by the user.