Has anyone ever actually used or seen a valet key? That's the part of the classic ocap intro story that I think is a bit weird; I never heard of one, so I had to first learn what a valet key was, and *then* think about how it applies to delegation/attenuation in ocaps
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Replying to @danbri @dustyweb
I never liked the valet key analogy, especially as someone who only briefly owned a 1985 Volvo and now owns 0 cars. I use a hotel key analogy in my talks, which I think is more relatable, but I am still looking for an analogy that doesn't require as much privilege to relate to.

Jul 22, 2019 · 3:19 PM UTC

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Replying to @aaronpk @danbri
I also think the hotel key isn't as useful for ocaps as a car key, because people often think of a hotel key as being associated with your identity, and a car key isn't.
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..but a hotel key explicitly isn't associated with your identity, which is why the analogy works! You know how you get multiple keys when you check in, and it's expected that any guest of the room can use them?
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