- From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:26:20 -0400
- To: public-webpayments@w3.org
On 06/10/2014 09:35 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > On 6/10/14 8:05 AM, Tim Holborn wrote: >> I wouldn’t worry about it too much. I assume you’ve tested the >> demo? > > When I am presented with a dialog asking me to abdicate control of my > identity via a 3rd party hosted identity card service and > verification provider, I balk. The Identity Credentials proposal doesn't ask you to do that at any point. It's an option. You can use a 3rd party IdP, or you can run the software yourself. Some people will prefer to do the former while some will prefer to do the latter. > My fundamental point is this: > > 1. mutual inclusion is good 2. using open standards (actual or de > facto) is good 3. decentralization is non negotiable -- nobody > should be forced to abdicate self-hosting of identity credentials to > a 3rd party (G+, Dropbox, OneDrive etc.. are options on the table for > storage too, alongside other Read-Write HTTP servers). > > A solution that embraces the above, at its core, will be adopted at > Web-scale. Alternatives will fail. Of that, I am 100% certain. +1, so where's the disagreement. :) -- manu -- Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny) Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. blog: Meritora - Web payments commercial launch http://blog.meritora.com/launch/
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