Over the past few years, I have been intrigued with the subject of Identity Validation – being able to determine, which a high degree of confidence, that a person is whom he says he is, prior to issuing Identity credentials to him.

Today, I became aware of Tru.ly, that promises to “[maximize] personal privacy by providing users with a single, verified identity on the internet.”  A lively Twitter conversation among Identity experts @dak3 @NishantK @paulmadsen and @iglazer convinced me that I should check it out.

But alas, when I tried to join Tru.ly (twice), I got this nasty error message:

My only comment is ARRGGGGGH! I guess I’ll try again tomorrow to join the latest service that promises to save the world.