Re: agenda+ Important discussion of W3C Member review of proposed charter

When taking it into account, what are your suggestions?

On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 at 12:04 am, Anders Rundgren <
anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2015-09-21 15:13, Timothy Holborn wrote:
> > Credentials questionnaire http://goo.gl/forms/kXzkF7eQJ0
>
> Tim, the Credentials CG doesn't have a counterpart to FIDO.
>
> >
> > On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 at 4:37 pm, Anders Rundgren <
> anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com <mailto:anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> >     On 2015-09-18 21:53, Ian Jacobs wrote:
> >      > Dear IG,
> >      >
> >      > *** 21 SEPTEMBER IS AN IMPORTANT CALL FOR MAKING PROGRESS ON THE
> WORKING GROUP CHARTER ***
> >
> >
> >     After looking fairly deeply into the matter it seems that the
> "Super-Providers"
> >     can achieve significant improvements in "Security" by simply
> adopting FIDO solutions.
> >     The other quality factor ("Convenience"), is essentially already in
> place (PayPal,
> >     Alibaba, etc.)
> >
> >     However, creating a comparable user experience and security for a
> distributed net
> >     of payment providers (Banks) would be a daunting task, way more
> complex than the
> >     proposals that so far have been aired in this context.
> >
> >     Why is that?  Because the "Super-Provider" concept keeps all
> critical information in
> >     one place and is [apparently] also trusted for storing customers'
> card data, enabling
> >     them to do things in a simple and secure fashion, while a
> distributed system must
> >     secure every connection and (in a yet not described fashion),
> provide a trusted UI.
> >
> >     A distributed system would require a trust infrastructure like PKI
> to scale.
> >
> >     Building something on top of already broken systems like WPIG
> suggests, is unlikely
> >     to get industry support.
> >
> >     thanks,
> >     Anders
> >
> >
>
>