- From: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 14:55:41 +0200
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>, public-webid@w3.org, Peter Williams <home_pw@msn.com>
On 2014-05-22 13:03, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > On 5/22/14 12:55 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote: >> >> Statements like "take full control of your online (Web and Internet) >> Identity" may sound cool but has essentially no value since just about >> all service providers have their own "identity system" which you >> either accept or reject. The latter means you won't be able to use >> their services. Calling this "take full control" is IMO quite a stretch. > > You have full control of your (Web and Internet) Identity when the > following hold true: > > 1. You control the Identifiers that denote You > 2. You control the Identity Cards that Describe You > 3. You control the location of Identity Cards that Describe You > 4. You control the Signature used to verify You > 5. You control the control how Data is encoded for You > 6. You control the ACL and Access policies for accessing stuff created > by You > 6. You can achieve all of the above from any platform You choose. > Of course! What I'm (indirectly) saying is that this doesn't apply to - Government IDs - Enterprises using AD - Banks because in those cases you are *assigned* an identity and what is behind that is completely out of your control. Your only option is not using the services. > Look, the architecture of the World Wide Web wasn't built for any > particular industry. It was built to empower You! IMO, the web is just a network and can in similarity with most other technology be used in good and bad ways. I regard "the distributed social web" as a positive development but I also have severe problems with the proponents' lack of interest in traditional uses since this is how Microsoft managed achieving a ZERO market-share for their take on authentication in the consumer space. Pragmatism you know :-) > I notice you still don't send signed emails, why? I don't believe that > has anything to do with a particular industry, or does it? :-) Well, I have actually been involved in this discussion since around Y2000 but I don't want to go over this here... Anders >
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