Category Archives: Internet
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...
I just don’t get Levels of Assurance
Updated August 17, 2022. IDAM practitioners and government authentication policy makers have settled on a...
Identity Evolves [AusCERT Conference Presentation Abstract]
This is the abstract for my paper that has been accepted in the main program...
Identities are brittle but crystal clear
This blog was updated and re-posted on 12 June 2012. I have been blogging and...
Policy fads and policy failures
In cyber security, user awareness, education and training have long gone past their Use By...
No such thing as a passport
What do you call it when a metaphor or analogy outgrows the word it is...
Reading Peter Steiner’s Internet dog
How are we to read Peter Steiner’s famous cartoon “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re...
Social Networking in a bubble
Malcolm Gladwell recently wrote a sober assessment of online activism, in New Yorker magazine of...