Re: [saag] Liking Linkability

On 10/22/12 7:26 AM, Ben Laurie wrote:
> On 22 October 2012 11:59, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote:
>> On 10/22/12 5:54 AM, Ben Laurie wrote:
>>> Where we came in was me pointing out that if you disconnect your
>>> identities by using multiple WebIDs, then you have a UI problem, and
>>> since then the aim seems to have been to persuade us that multiple
>>> WebIDs are not needed.
>> Multiple WebIDs (or any other cryptographically verifiable identifier) are a
>> must.
>>
>> The issue of UI is inherently subjective. It can't be used to objectively
>> validate or invalidate Web-scale verifiable identifier systems such as
>> WebID or any other mechanism aimed at achieving the same goals.
> Ultimately what matters is: do users use it correctly? This can be tested :-)
>
> Note that it is necessary to test the cases where the website is evil,
> too - something that's often conveniently missed out of user testing.
> For example, its pretty obvious that OpenID fails horribly in this
> case, so it tends not to get tested.

Okay.
>
>> Anyway, Henry, I,  and a few others from the WebID IG (hopefully) are going
>> to knock up some demonstrations to show how this perceived UI/UX
>> inconvenience can be addressed.
> Cool.

Okay, ball is in our court to now present a few implementations that 
address the UI/UX concerns.

Quite relieved to have finally reached this point :-)



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Received on Monday, 22 October 2012 12:03:57 UTC