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If we need to do value transactions with other people it is essential that we can trust them. In order to Trust them we need to be able to maintain a consistent Identity for them, possibly across contexts. Any transactions between parties are predicated on those two identities, though not necessarily the persistent identity. Identity can be aggregated, filtered to counter parties based on trust, distributed or anonymized (though still ultimately controlled by a central identity - ie single use credit card numbers driven from a central card)
The necessity for duration of an identity's existence depends on its usage. For it to be useful as a substrate to layer trust on it must generally endure longer than for an individual transaction.
Identity is also a substrate to predict behavior from and the longer the identity remains stable the more useful it is as a behavior predictor - the problem here is ensuring the identity has not be transferred.
Identity can be the locus of metadata about the identity, and this metadata can be shared with other parties, in whole or in part, depending on the Trust relationship. This metadata can be provided by the owner or by third parties about the identity.
Privacy and personal surveillance are risks that need to be mitigated. Aggregation of identity should be possible only by the owner of the identity and those they explicitly permit to do so. Identity owners have the right to restrict information provided to a context or counter party.
See Related Twine:
Trust, Privacy
The necessity for duration of an identity's existence depends on its usage. For it to be useful as a substrate to layer trust on it must generally endure longer than for an individual transaction.
Identity is also a substrate to predict behavior from and the longer the identity remains stable the more useful it is as a behavior predictor - the problem here is ensuring the identity has not be transferred.
Identity can be the locus of metadata about the identity, and this metadata can be shared with other parties, in whole or in part, depending on the Trust relationship. This metadata can be provided by the owner or by third parties about the identity.
Privacy and personal surveillance are risks that need to be mitigated. Aggregation of identity should be possible only by the owner of the identity and those they explicitly permit to do so. Identity owners have the right to restrict information provided to a context or counter party.
See Related Twine:
Trust, Privacy
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11MyID.is Now In Public Beta, Aims To Become The Digital Certification Standardhere ya go--thanks kurt.. .•∞º˙ added 7 months ago
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63Blogs, Flickr et autres, le réseau comme autre et miroir"puis-je penser que c'est à moi qu'ils s'adressent ? certainement non !" This reminds me of an interview with Clay Shirkey (also excerpt in his book Here Comes Everybody I think..) "Clay Shirky: This is really a reply to all of those media outlets who are writing disparagingly about ...Kurt Laitner added 11 months ago
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63Tarpipe: Simplify Your Social Media Workflow - ReadWriteWebA meta layer around identity will involve deciding who gets to look at what, but hopefully retaining the ability to leverage action (not do things multiple times). This looks like an early stab at it. I think perhaps I need another twine for this type of thing, but I'll wait until I get a few ...Kurt Laitner added 12 months ago
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63The web's future organization"To achieve total personalization we reverse the paradigm. We abandon “site is concrete – user is abstracted” in favor of its opposite “I am concrete – others are abstracted”, so that I roam harmoniously and barrier free, experiencing all of my interactions in my own context, under my control ...Kurt Laitner added 13 months ago
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