Comments on: Uniting ID systems together http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: The Meshverse Journal http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together#comment-239691 The Meshverse Journal Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:20:52 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together#comment-239691 <strong>Identity Mesh</strong> The ability to have a single id for signing on to any network service has reached critical mass for developers large and small via OpenID. This is HUGE - a big win for everyone eventually. Marc Cantor captures a key part of it: OH MY GOD! What a hi... Identity Mesh

The ability to have a single id for signing on to any network service has reached critical mass for developers large and small via OpenID. This is HUGE - a big win for everyone eventually. Marc Cantor captures a key part of it:

OH MY GOD! What a hi…

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » ID, Data movement and the Big SNS http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together#comment-239604 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » ID, Data movement and the Big SNS Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:51:52 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together#comment-239604 [...] comment was left on the post where I responded to Chadblog’s question: “why would people want their social network identities tied [...] [...] comment was left on the post where I responded to Chadblog’s question: “why would people want their social network identities tied [...]

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Why would people want their social network identities tied together? http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together#comment-239527 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Why would people want their social network identities tied together? Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:55:12 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together#comment-239527 [...] Chadblog asks: marc one question, why would people want their social network identities tied together? i mean - [...] [...] Chadblog asks: marc one question, why would people want their social network identities tied together? i mean - [...]

]]> By: Michal Migurski http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together#comment-239522 Michal Migurski Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:46:37 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together#comment-239522 "Its gonna take some serious, adult srength ID management code (from Microsoft, IBM andNovell other interested entities) combined with our user-centric community to make this all happen. I just don’t see a bunch of small starups pulling this off." The technology for serious encryption is freely available, but big companies don't necessarily have a bulletproof reputation for keeping secrets (e.g. ChoicePoint). So I don't think code is the issue. I like Bruce Schneier's core suggestion for handling identity theft - if you want a party to show responsibility for secrets kept, make them (financially) liable for screwups. One way to clarify liability is to ensure that each *user* of an OpenID provider is the recognized legal owner of his or her information and history. If providers were stewards of that information instead of owners, I can imagine that there'd be less temptation to sell or fuck with the data, and more incentive to take care of it. Actually, this would be lovely for all sorts of reasons. Maybe last.fm's database backstabbery could have been prevented? http://www.last.fm/forum/21604/_/239661 “Its gonna take some serious, adult srength ID management code (from Microsoft, IBM andNovell other interested entities) combined with our user-centric community to make this all happen. I just don’t see a bunch of small starups pulling this off.”

The technology for serious encryption is freely available, but big companies don’t necessarily have a bulletproof reputation for keeping secrets (e.g. ChoicePoint). So I don’t think code is the issue. I like Bruce Schneier’s core suggestion for handling identity theft - if you want a party to show responsibility for secrets kept, make them (financially) liable for screwups. One way to clarify liability is to ensure that each *user* of an OpenID provider is the recognized legal owner of his or her information and history. If providers were stewards of that information instead of owners, I can imagine that there’d be less temptation to sell or fuck with the data, and more incentive to take care of it.

Actually, this would be lovely for all sorts of reasons. Maybe last.fm’s database backstabbery could have been prevented? http://www.last.fm/forum/21604/_/239661

]]> By: dr chadblog http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together#comment-239515 dr chadblog Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:19:51 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/03/uniting-id-system-together#comment-239515 marc one question, why would people want their social network identities tied together? i mean - your average joe kind of wants his linkedin and myspace and plentyoffish identities separate if you ask me. marc one question, why would people want their social network identities tied together? i mean - your average joe kind of wants his linkedin and myspace and plentyoffish identities separate if you ask me.

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