- From: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:23:39 +0200
- To: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- CC: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>, Web Payments CG <public-webpayments@w3.org>
On 2014-04-10 17:12, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > > > > On 10 April 2014 16:42, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com <mailto:anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Microsoft recently set the license fee for Windows Phone to $0. > > That's what I in an off-list message meant with taking *extreme measures*. > > The W3C payment initiative requires a similarly unorthodox action to succeed > otherwise it it will only get the same ill fate as WebID. > > > Reports of the demise of WebID are greatly exaggerated. > > It's the most widely deployed identity system on the web. Including some of the FOAF cloud and also facebook graph. > > It's only the TLS/X.509 portion (ie authentication) that still appears to be a barrier. Yes, client-side PKI has essentially not progressed since Netscape invented back in the 90'ties. That's why payments are stuck unless you are prepared taking *extreme measures*. Anders > But that has been more recently split off from the core identity piece, which is simple and self contained. > > I still view WebID as one of the most exciting technologies out there. With some tweaking, it would be a great match for the identity piece of web payments. I will certainly be using it that way. > > > > Best > Anders > >
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