Identity and accountability · Second Edition
The Future Needs You
How Notaries Will Save the Internet
by Wes Kussmaul
We have been paperless before. The Romans had notaries. Today we have no one standing behind the record.
The Future Needs YouAbout the book
The Future Needs You
The first paperless age belonged to Roman notaries, who recorded deeds on wax tablets and stood behind every record they made.
Today’s paperless world has the tablets but not the notaries. The Future Needs You compares the two ages and makes the case for bringing that accountability back.
About the author
Wes Kussmaul
More than three decades building secure online spaces, starting with Delphi, the first service to bring the Internet to mass audiences.
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