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Identity verification does not fix the sockpuppet problem, because whenever the reputation is genuinely valuable a sockpuppet operator can afford to clear whatever verification hoops are in place, including stealing biometric data, and then inflate reputation as before.

The problem with this is, if the reputation is genuinely valuable, a sockpuppet account can afford to go through whatever hoops you have in place to create false identities (including stealing biometric data if necessary), then increase their reputation arbitrarily, as described above.

Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper (2018), Sockpuppet Protocol, p. 21
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3266953 · source PDF

Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3266953

• reputation that carries real economic value

failuresupport: arguedfailure: identity verification does not deter valuable sockpuppetsfamily: sybil-and-identity-attackinstitutional-design

• extends kaal:claim:3128900-045 Centralized platforms cannot simply drop identity verification, because they need it to keep malicious actors ...

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