<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Braydon Fuller wrote</title><author_name>Braydon Fuller (npub1r0…7zzyc)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1r0ulywwu593kzjdu9uluxdq80t54n65kql9vl9z7lrutkgnachssk7zzyc</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>In some ways it helps and in others it doesn&#39;t. In Amethyst, I think it means you&#39;re following them and not necessarily verified.&#xA;&#xA;Here are a few scenarios:&#xA;&#xA;A) If the profile (maliciously or otherwise) changes their name, pfp, bio and etc. (kind 0), it&#39;ll be difficult to know which one of your follows/contacts it was when you initially followed them. This could be used to imposter someone.&#xA;&#xA;B) If the private key of a profile is compromised (similar to A) all metadata can change. If notes appear from this account that the key has been compromised and to migrate to a new key; it will be very difficult to recover and determine honesty. The NIP05 nostr address will also not be useful, as that too could have changed.&#xA;&#xA;C) If you&#39;re not following someone, yet still want to be able to verify them, the mark won&#39;t help in this case.&#xA;&#xA;There may be others scenarios as well, and plan to go through and document these in more detail. I have a few NIPs drafted to introduce a profile metadata attestation event kind that could be used to verify profiles and mitigate and help the above scenarios.</html></oembed>