[joelhaus]

Ha, saved as well... it's a gem.

I've got to believe that the social networks and Google have been thinking about way to combat this problem too. I wonder what kind of impact Google's open-source two-step authentication [1] (and other types of mobile device verification systems [2]) will have on efforts to develop meaningful persona management software. If implemented properly, mobile device verification would surely inhibit such efforts.

[1] http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/ [2] http://openid.net/2009/09/09/yahoo-paypal-google-equifax-aol...

EDIT: Didn't notice before, so not sure if they just added it, but the same RFP is duplicated & linked to at the bottom of the article.

[caf]

I reckon if you can afford to do this, you can afford to buy one phone per puppet.

[joelhaus]

True, but it introduces a number of manual procedures into, what would otherwise be, an automated workflow.

Even if the only obstacle was to connect each phone to your network, it would still slow the rise of an army of zombie personas.