Support Standard Information Sharing Labels
One more a tip o’ the hat to Phil Windley for saving me a thousand words. He’s wonderfully articulated the reasons you should support Joe Andrieu’s Kickstarter project for the Standard Information Sharing Label. Phil sums it up perfectly: Just like we have … Continue reading →
PLOA – Just What You Need to Know
On Friday I had a demo of PLOA – Personal Levels of Assurance — from it’s architect, Jay Glasgow at AT&T. I’ve known Jay since he attended an XDI retreat hosted by Scott David at Whistler two years ago, and at … Continue reading →
Kim Cameron on Google’s New Privacy Policy
When he first introduced them in 2004, Kim Cameron’s Laws of Identity changed the landscape of the Internet identity industry almost overnight. Though Kim has since stepped down as Chief Identity Architect at Microsoft, he still packs a helluva punch … Continue reading →
The Fundamental Flaw in SOPA and PIPPA
After all the raging debate about SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act), the fundamental flaw in both is captured succinctly in this public letter to Senator Orrin Hatch from Phil Windley, Kynetx CTO and author of The … Continue reading →
24 year old student lights match: Europe versus Facebook
Facebook generation's Max Schrems is walloping Facebook with a media-savvy rejection of some fundamental assumptions
G-Male is a Good Listener, Maybe too good.
Ok, now we know what is wrong Google is on the [autism] spectrum. "The obstacles primarily exist in the realm of social interaction. The fundamental problem is akin to blindness, as the term social blindness suggests." They keep doing well meaning but awkward feeling things because well they know how to technically but it isn't...
Google+ says your name is "Toby" NOT "Kunta Kinte"
This post is about what is going on at a deeper level when Google+ says your name is "Toby" NOT "Kunta Kinte". The punchline video is at the bottom feel free to scroll there and watch if you don't want to read to much. This whole line of thought to explain to those who don't...
Lets try going with the Mononym for Google+
Seeing that Google+ is approving mononyms for some (Original Sai, on the construction of names Additional Post) but not for others (Original Stilgherrian Post Update post ). I decided to go in and change my profile basically back to what it was before all this started. I put a ( . ) dot in the...
Who is harmed by a “Real Names” policy?
Those of us working on identity technology have to internalize the lessons here
Head over to the Office of Inadequate Security
It even has a twitter feed for breach junkies
The Idiot’s Guide to Why Voicemail Hacking is a Crime
Defense lawyers have argued that voicemail has already been transmitted and is therefore no longer "in the course of its transmission."
Is Google+ is being lynched by out-spoken users upset by real names policy?