Facebook Fading
I was just looking back on my previous post about Facebook. The little sparks of contact and inspiration that came from the discovery of new friends and old, quickly turned into a nuisance. Although I still check in on my own profile every now and then I barely use it at all. One of my [...]
Who do You Trust?
FEDERATED DIGITAL IDENTITY In the context of providing a strong authentication solution the concept of a Federated Digital Identity is often mentioned. This essay seeks to explore this concept to review and challenge the benefits that ‘Federation’ of digital identity management can provide. However before discussion Federation the concepts of a Digital Identity and even [...]
The problem with whitelists
A Computerworld article today referred to a report published by the National Consumers League in Washington DC, proposing ‘A Call to Action’ for fighting phishing. Although I haven’t fully reviewed the report, the text that popped out at me was a recommendation to use ‘whiltelists’ to stop phishing attacks. A whitelist is simple a list [...]
Identity Blog Comment
Yesterday I respondeed to Kim Cameron’s Identity Blog posting titled INTERVIEW ON OPENNESS AND PRIVACY, discussing an interview between Bill Gates and the Financial Times. I just wanted to get my comment up here in case Kim never authorises it on his site. He may not trust me. Bill Gates: “That’s called federation, where we [...]
Identity Blogging
It is time to get this site going about more than just my ‘idle’ mumblings and out of date running updates. There is a topic of conversation that my career has revolved around like a satellite around a planet. It is the story of online identities and their use and misuse. For me this has [...]