A method of establishing trust between a device and an apparatus

A method of establishing trust between an agent device and a verification apparatus, the method comprising:

• obtaining, at the agent device, credential data, wherein the credential data comprises a location identifier of a remote resource;
• transmitting, from the agent device to the verification apparatus, the location identifier;
• obtaining, at the verification apparatus, the location identifier;
• transmitting, from the verification apparatus to the remote resource, a request for a trust credential, wherein the trust credential relates to an aspect of the agent device and comprises authentication information for identifying at least one party trusted by the verification apparatus and/or device data relating to the agent device;
• receiving, at the verification apparatus from the remote resource, the trust credential;
• analysing, at the verification apparatus, the trust credential;
• determining, at the verification apparatus, whether the agent device is trusted based on the analysis;
• and
• responsive to determining the agent device is trusted, establishing trust between the agent device and the verification apparatus.