Aspie96 on Nostr: NIP-05 doesn't prove an account is "legit", nor was it ever meant to. It's not ...

NIP-05 doesn't prove an account is "legit", nor was it ever meant to.
It's not intended as a form of verification and it's a shame clients may imply that it is.

Please, see this: https://hedgedoc.semisol.dev/ciXY6QE-Tx6CQZowDwcK4A
Or this: nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzq5455pmtewaacws6a73hxkqkea6fjwcm3keq9vqu3q7930nl4k9aqyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqfxu6tsxq6j66tn94hx7apdwejhy6txpdekay

Anyone can buy a domain name, therefore anyone can get a NIP-05 identifier.
Just setting up a NIP-05 identifier does not prove an account is "legit".

Setting up, specifically, an identity associated with a domain name which is known to be legit may prove it, however, as long as the user actually verifies the domain (rather than relying on the useless and misleading "verified" sign that some clients may display).

See, also:

quoting nevent1q…fnrj

So, now I too have the "verified" badge, on clients that support NIP-05, thanks to Nostr-Check.com (npub1mha…9a4h) (huge props and kudos!).

I think it's important to note what it actually means.

When a profile has a "verified" badge, it does NOT mean the user is genuine. It does NOT mean it's not a (spam)bot. It does NOT mean it's not an impostor.
The only thing it means is that the user has a (currently) valid NIP-05 internet identifier which can (currently) be used as a mnemonic shorthand to their public key. It's all it means, there is nothing else to it.
Whether an account has or doesn't have an identifier says nothing good or bad about it.

My NIP-05 identifier is now "aspie96@Nostr-Check.com" (in the future it might be tied to my own domain).
It's all the badge means.