I can provide proof I own my car (title)
I can provide proof that I own my house (deed).
As we all know, TR does not help folks who (allegedly) lost their password (nudge, wink) since the device may be (and probably is) stolen.
If I buy something on eBay, how do I know it’s not stolen?
What could be the solution?
Some sort of ‘global registry’ run by the credit-reporting agencies?
Then TR could query the database, like running a credit-check, and validate the correct owner.
Some sort of RSA certificate-based identification system for each device?
Cars have VINs that are tracked nationally, and you can find a stolen car very easily through the vin…
