Verify the identity of developers

Verify the identity of developers

But what if GitHub required all contributors to use their real name and strongly verified their identity? Then for key roles you could require someone with a clear track record and resident in a Western country where they could be prosecuted for maliciously introducing backdoors.

This would be blatant discrimination of most of the world population, which isn't lucky enough to live in a Western country.

And if you drop the "Western country" requirement then a rogue nation-state is in the best position to provide its operatives with as many "genuine" identity verification documents as they might need.

Note: you can avoid this step in the future by logging into your LWN account.