[ncc-services-wg] Re: personal data in the NCC

On 20 Oct 2010, at 20:29, Daniel Roesen wrote:

> I will definately NOT send a plain copy of my passport around.

+1.

> Nowhere else is such a drastic measure ever required, except buying  
> ammunition
> and firearms via mailorder.

Clearly you've never tried buying beer at a US stadium.... Or opened a  
bank account recently. :-(

> Asking for that to get a few numbers assigned is plain over the top.

I sort of agree. But there are trade-offs here.

If you don't like the current policy, you are welcome to suggest  
changes. The policy making machinery is open to everyone.

> [and RIPE NCC wouldn't be able to verify the validity of that ID copy
> anyway, so this is bogus in the first place]

Not quite. Demanding passports may well be unreasonable. [I wonder how  
this policy can be applied to people who don't have passports or  
driving licences and live in enlightened countries that don't have ID  
cards?] However, the NCC does need to have some way of verifying the  
identity the other party to the agreement. A government-issued  
identity document is the easiest way to do that. Perhaps there could  
be (electronic?) alternatives: eg PGP signatures signed by someone  
already known to the NCC.