Over the years we've experimented with ideas that leverage what can be thought of as civic trust infrastructure to address trust related problems on the Internet. Previously we created a browser extension and proxy service that allowed users to use access to their IRS Get Transcript ONLINE access as a way to procure trustworthy cryptographic ID certificates. Essentially treating access to the Get Transcript ONLINE service as automatic ID verification and using that to issue (via a web proxy) ID certificates. We also developed the trust relay protocol , a similar approach that leverages existing sources of trust as a means to address internet trust challenges. These experiments ultimately lead to the development of the Certisfy app and service. We have launched another significant experimental approach, leveraging .gov email addresses as a mechanism for bootstrapping a cryptographic trust chain . Think of this as a sort of web of trust implementa...