I ran into the term # today when reading last month's # progress note[0].

Blind Trust Before Verification is the enhanced spin on # (Trust On First Use) that # takes:

gultsch.de/trust.html

> Users are given the option to verify contacts - or to be exact, their devices - by scanning a 2D barcode either of their phone, their social media presence or website.

> After such a verification happened Conversations will no longer blindly trust new devices that are created after the verification. By doing verification the user has proven three things a) they are capable of scanning barcodes b) they have some sort of out-of-band channel where such a verification can happen c) they have some interest in verified communication. For this reason it is no longer desirable to blindly accept new devices and thus Conversations will prompt for a manual trust decision

Verified devices are shown with a shield, and blindly trusted devices, which will not happen again after any one device has been verified, are shown with a lock.

[0]‌ www.goffi.org/b/fKHK3FdnT37Pke…