The whole point is verification and evaluation of reputation. The net is new, and hasn't evolved effective methods yet. Not that I am hopeful, embezzlement and fraud are everyday crimes in the world of finance...
And thanks for the ancedote....
>> The quick and dirty approach is for folks to voluntarily provide it, and
>> personal Web pages are available today. I would like to see a search engine
>> which takes a name, or corporate name, and returns the home page URL....
>
>hara ra, this approach doesnt really protect either privacy or protect
>from data vandals. consider my recent experience with the car shopping.
>i could not find information on potential problems with a pickup truck i
>liked, so i found a website. many posts expressed concern over a new
>feature of the 98 fords, that the transmission would not hold up under
>the increased load.
>
>then i saw a post that went something like: im a texas cowgirl and i haul
>my horses in a yakkity yak trailer and that trany is doing fine after bla bla
>miles, etc.
>
>well, as with extropians, she had the problem of a woman on a male
>dominated group and they started sniffing. (mmmmm, feeemaaaaale,
>like truuuucks, mmmmm) {8^D they asked about her horses, she
>never responded. well, if you know horse people, they love to talk
>about their horses. so now i suspect "she" was a ford dealer that
>posted that, hoping to allay fears about the product.
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