diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index 24edc12..eea769e 100644
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ export class User {
   email: string | undefined;
   password: string | undefined;
   username: string | null = null;
-  confidantEmail: string | null = null;
   isAuthenticated = false;
+  isTrusted = false;
   private token = "";
 
-  static async confirm(uid: string, token: string): Promise<void> {
-    await api_request("POST", "users/activation", 204, { uid, token });
+  async activate(): Promise<void> {
+    await api_request("POST", "users/activate", 204, {
+      password: this.password,
+    });
   }
 
   async login(): Promise<void> {
@@ -84,7 +86,6 @@ export class User {
       200,
       {
         username: this.username,
-        confidant_email: this.confidantEmail,
       },
       this.token
     );
diff --git a/src/components/UserTable.vue b/src/components/UserTable.vue
index 51e9491..2a98ae1 100644
--- a/src/components/UserTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/UserTable.vue
@@ -1,20 +1,8 @@
 <template>
   <div>
-    <b-notification
-      v-if="!user.username"
-      type="is-warning"
-      aria-close-label="Close notification"
-    >
-      Um dein Konto zu aktivieren, musst du einen
-      <strong>Benutzernamen</strong> festlegen.
-    </b-notification>
-    <b-notification
-      v-if="!user.confidant_email"
-      type="is-warning"
-      aria-close-label="Close notification"
-    >
-      Um dein Konto zu aktivieren, musst du eine
-      <strong>Vertrauensperson</strong> angeben.
+    <b-notification type="is-info" aria-close-label="Close notification">
+      Dein Konto ist noch nicht aktiv.
+      <a @click="activate()">Jetzt aktivieren</a>
     </b-notification>
     <table class="table is-fullwidth">
       <tbody>
@@ -34,10 +22,6 @@
             <inline-editor v-model="user.confidantEmail" @input="user.save()" />
           </td>
         </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td>E-Mail-Adresse</td>
-          <td>{{ user.email }} (bestätigt)</td>
-        </tr>
       </tbody>
     </table>
   </div>
@@ -53,5 +37,9 @@ import InlineEditor from "@/components/InlineEditor.vue";
 })
 export default class UserTable extends Vue {
   @Prop() private user!: User;
+
+  async activate(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.user.activate();
+  }
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/userausfall/admin.py b/userausfall/admin.py
index d0695f4..47505e8 100644
--- a/userausfall/admin.py
+++ b/userausfall/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 
-from userausfall.models import User
+from userausfall.models import User, TrustBridge
 
+admin.site.register(TrustBridge)
 admin.site.register(User)
diff --git a/userausfall/migrations/0010_auto_20210802_1131.py b/userausfall/migrations/0010_auto_20210802_1131.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e1a23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/userausfall/migrations/0010_auto_20210802_1131.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.20 on 2021-08-02 11:31
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('userausfall', '0009_auto_20210802_0745'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='user',
+            name='confidant',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='user',
+            name='confidant_unconfirmed',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='user',
+            name='email',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='user',
+            name='email_unconfirmed',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/userausfall/migrations/0011_trustbridge.py b/userausfall/migrations/0011_trustbridge.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb0517a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/userausfall/migrations/0011_trustbridge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.20 on 2021-08-02 11:41
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('userausfall', '0010_auto_20210802_1131'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='TrustBridge',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('is_trusted', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ('user', models.OneToOneField(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='trust_bridge', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/userausfall/models.py b/userausfall/models.py
index eb51702..158e8ba 100644
--- a/userausfall/models.py
+++ b/userausfall/models.py
@@ -66,28 +66,16 @@ class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
         unique=True,
         blank=True,
     )
-    email = models.EmailField(_("email address"), blank=True)
-    email_unconfirmed = models.EmailField(_("email address"), blank=True)
     is_staff = models.BooleanField(
         _("staff status"),
         default=False,
         help_text=_("Designates whether the user can log into this admin site."),
     )
     date_joined = models.DateTimeField(_("date joined"), default=timezone.now)
-    confidant = models.ForeignKey(
-        "User", on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True, blank=True, related_name="confidants"
-    )
-    confidant_unconfirmed = models.ForeignKey(
-        "User",
-        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
-        null=True,
-        blank=True,
-        related_name="unconfirmed_confidants",
-    )
 
     objects = UserManager()
 
-    EMAIL_FIELD = "email"
+    # EMAIL_FIELD = "email"
     USERNAME_FIELD = "username"
     REQUIRED_FIELDS = []
 
@@ -95,13 +83,6 @@ class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
         verbose_name = _("user")
         verbose_name_plural = _("users")
 
-    @property
-    def confidant_email(self):
-        if self.confidant is not None:
-            return self.confidant.email
-        else:
-            return None
-
     def clean(self):
         super().clean()
         self.email = self.__class__.objects.normalize_email(self.email)
@@ -114,10 +95,13 @@ class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
         """Create the LDAP account which corresponds to this user."""
         if not self.username:
             raise MissingUserAttribute("User is missing a username.")
-        if not self.confidant:
-            raise MissingUserAttribute("User is missing a confirmed confidant.")
         if not self.check_password(raw_password):
             raise PasswordMismatch(
                 "The given password does not match the user's password."
             )
         return ldap.create_account(self.username, raw_password)
+
+
+class TrustBridge(models.Model):
+    user = models.OneToOneField("User", on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="trust_bridge")
+    is_trusted = models.BooleanField(default=False)
diff --git a/userausfall/rest_api/views.py b/userausfall/rest_api/views.py
index 2e42eff..ac65364 100644
--- a/userausfall/rest_api/views.py
+++ b/userausfall/rest_api/views.py
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ class ConfidantConfirmationView(ConfirmationView):
 
 
 class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
-    permission_classes = [UserPermission]
+    # permission_classes = [UserPermission]
     queryset = User.objects.all()
 
-    @action(detail=True, methods=["post"])
+    @action(detail=False, methods=["post"])
     def activate(self, request, pk=None):
         """Create the corresponding LDAP account."""
-        user: User = self.get_object()
+        user: User = request.user  # self.get_object()
         serializer = UserActivationSerializer(data=request.data)
         if serializer.is_valid():
             try:
diff --git a/userausfall/signals.py b/userausfall/signals.py
index 9ed2cb6..d3f1789 100644
--- a/userausfall/signals.py
+++ b/userausfall/signals.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 
 from userausfall.models import User
-from userausfall.confirmations import ConfidantConfirmation
 
 
 @receiver(post_save, sender=User)
 def user_saved(sender, instance: User, **kwargs):
-    if instance.confidant_unconfirmed is not None:
-        ConfidantConfirmation(instance.confidant_unconfirmed, instance).send_request()
+    # if instance.confidant_unconfirmed is not None:
+    #     ConfidantConfirmation(instance.confidant_unconfirmed, instance).send_request()
+    pass