How networks affect us all is both intuitive and supremely unintuitive at the same time. GPG, rather famously suggested that people have key signing parties, where you would gather in person and you would validate someone's passport or driving license to validate they were who they said they were. This would build a "web of trust", where you might know a number of people and trust that they had validated the other people in their network.
Cyberweekly #188 - Trust networks
Cyberweekly #188 - Trust networks
Cyberweekly #188 - Trust networks
How networks affect us all is both intuitive and supremely unintuitive at the same time. GPG, rather famously suggested that people have key signing parties, where you would gather in person and you would validate someone's passport or driving license to validate they were who they said they were. This would build a "web of trust", where you might know a number of people and trust that they had validated the other people in their network.