Distributed trust authentication

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, content for a recipient from a content provider;
• receiving an indicator of a veracity of the received content from the recipient of the content, the indicator of the veracity attesting to an authenticity of the received content and an identity of the content provider;
• checking one or more entries in a public data store associated with previous recipients of the content to determine a trust score for the content based on respective indicators of veracity in each of the one or more entries that the previous recipients submitted;
• and
• creating an entry for the recipient in the public data store to validate that the recipient received the content, the entry comprising a digital signature for the recipient and the indicator of the veracity of the received content.

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

• receive content for a recipient from a content provider;
• receive an indicator of a veracity of the received content from the recipient of the content, the indicator of the veracity attesting to an authenticity of the received content and an identity of the content provider;
• check one or more entries in a public data store associated with previous recipients of the content to determine a trust score for the content based on respective indicators of veracity in each of the one or more entries that the previous recipients submitted;
• and
• create an entry for the recipient in the public data store to validate that the recipient received the content, the entry comprising a digital signature for the recipient and the indicator of the veracity of the received content.