WSJ: Federal Prosecutors investigate smartphone apps
The probe is significant because it involves potentially criminal charges that could be applicable to numerous companies
Malcolm Compton on power imbalance and security
“You can make money for one year, three years, five years by exploiting people, but you can’t grow without trust”
Broken Laws of Identity lead to system’s destruction
"The hard drives that held the information on the national identity register have been wiped and they're crushed and reduced to bits of metal so everyone can be absolutely sure..."
Incident closed – good support from janrain…
"We certainly test on ie 6,7,8,9, and would love to get your situation smoothed out."
Social Network Users’ Bill of Rights
"There is a need to have user input into the formation of social norms, because courts interpreting values such as "expectations of privacy" often look to social network sites policies and practices."
The Death Of User-Centric Identity — for now
Around 2005/2006, there were about four major lines of thought on user-centric identity with a few variations. We can quibble about the exact numbers and times, but in broad strokes — which is what this post is all about — that seems about ...
On the Demise of CardSpace
If you like slugfests between respected people, go no further than the recent yelling contest between Craig Burton (of Novell fame) and Kim Cameron (Microsoft) on what went wrong with CardSpace. Craig for sure has reasons to be angry because he’s...
Gov2.0 and Facebook ‘Like’ Buttons
Government departments need informed guidelines limiting the use of technologies that clearly endanger the privacy of citizens.
Vittorio’s new book is a must-read
If you like good books about programming, I recommend this one.
Push vs. Pull in identity — sounds familiar?
The blogosphere is buzzing over Bob Blakley’s recent presentation at the Gartner/Burton Catalyst conference. The issue seems to be this, as expressed by Ben Goodman of Novell: According to Blakley’s assertions, identity management today is ...
Stephan Engberg on Touch2ID
Stephan calls for more discussion about the definition of privacy and the approaches that can be taken in creating such a definition
Blizzard backtracks on real-names policy
Blizzard relents on plan to betray user privacy but clings to demented Facebook fantasy
