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The Identity Quartet

The Identity Quartet

A functional model for best practice Identity implementations.
The Identity Quartet is a framework for online services that allows users to express their Identity on their own terms. When I use the term “Identity”, I refer to the set of identifiers used in reference to users in online services.
At the December 2008 Internet Identity Workshop, Randy [...]

Bandit, Higgins, Open Source, Profit and Novell

At EIC2008 last month, Dale Olds of Novell’s Bandit Project gave me a few minutes and some insight into how Novell (and others) are mixing open source with proprietary software to architect a whole new Identity paradigm online.
I’ve been following the user-centric Identity movement ever since Doc Searls talked me into attending IIW2006b, an unconference. [...]

Law enforcement v Minimal disclosure

The Washington Post today exposed considerable excesses by “fusion” centers organized post 9/11.
Intelligence centers run by states across the country have access to personal information about millions of Americans, including unlisted cellphone numbers, insurance claims, driver’s license photographs and credit reports, according to a document obtained by The Washington Post.

Dozens of the organizations known [...]