Category Archives: Identity
Niche is a better word for it
With the term “ecosystem” being bandied about so much, I started thinking ecologically last year....
Bob is dead
With apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche. The hero of many a crypto folk tale Bob is...
The identerati fiddle while Rome burns
I love a bit of philosophy as much as the next engineer does, and I...
Despite the IdM hype, privacy and security remain uneasy bedfellows
The information security sub-specialisation of Digital Identity has spurred prodigious activity in the past decade,...
Pseudonyms are for everyone!
Too many analyses of Google’s and Facebook’s Real Names policy take a narrow view of...
Other thoughts on Real Names
I’m going to follow my own advice and not accept the premise of Google’s and...
Real names is real sly
In a favorite West Wing episode, the press secretary advises VP running mate Leo McGarry...
A new Declaration of Identity
July 4th saw the release of the “Declaration of Identity”. It’s clever and emotive (at...
Customer, How do I know thee?
One of the main contentions of the Identity Metasystem, NSTIC and like models is that...
Remember that Digital Identity is a metaphor
The seminal Laws of Identity define a Digital Identity as a set of claims made...