Category Archives: Privacy

T.Rob on the Samsung AdHub Privacy Policy – Have We Reached a Privacy Waterloo?

Posted on 2/24/2015 by

One of my favorite bloggers in the Internet identity/security/privacy/personal data space, T.Rob Wyatt, just posted an expose of what the Samsung privacy policy really means when it comes to using Samsung devices and their integrated AdHub advertising network. I can tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet of People, Internet of Things, Privacy, Respect Trust Framework | Tagged , | 2 Comments

The Real Killer App for Personal Clouds

Posted on 2/20/2013 by

I’ve been working for several years now on building infrastructure for personal clouds (that’s the entire goal of the Respect Network based on the Respect Trust Framework). I’ve helped design, discuss, and debate dozens of powerful new apps for personal clouds (see several that were … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Portability, Digital rights, Personal Cloud, Privacy, Respect Network, Respect Trust Framework | 2 Comments

Support Standard Information Sharing Labels

Posted on 5/15/2012 by

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 →

Posted in Digital rights, Identity Rights Agreements, Personal Data Ecosystem, Privacy, Respect Trust Framework | 2 Comments

PLOA – Just What You Need to Know

Posted on 4/8/2012 by

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 →

Posted in Digital rights, Open Identity Exchange, PLOA, Privacy, Respect Trust Framework | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Kim Cameron on Google’s New Privacy Policy

Posted on 2/28/2012 by

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 →

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The Fundamental Flaw in SOPA and PIPPA

Posted on 1/25/2012 by

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 →

Posted in Digital rights, Personal Data Ecosystem, Privacy, Respect Trust Framework | 3 Comments

Privacy is nuanced

Posted on 4/10/2011 by

I saw Joe Andrieu at the Personal Data 2.0 Workshop this past week and he just did a post about privacy that makes a very important point: “public” and “private” are not black and white. They are highly nuanced and … Continue reading →

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The Connect.Me Blog

Posted on 3/16/2011 by

With Connect.Me finally having a public-facing beta signup process, even though we’re otherwise still in stealth, we’ve started a Connect.Me blog to start explaining what Connect.Me the company is about. The first post explains our overall focus on personal data … Continue reading →

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Connect.Me

Posted on 3/9/2011 by

The Incredible Internet Irony Machine strikes again. The stealth startup that’s been my singular focus since stepping down as Executive Director of Open Identity Exchange and the Information Card Foundation last fall, called Respect Network, took one tiny peek above … Continue reading →

Posted in Connect.Me, Data Portability, Dataweb, Identity Rights Agreements, Open Identity Exchange, Personal Cloud, Personal Data Ecosystem, Personal Data Server, Personal Data Service, Personal Data Store, Privacy, Reputation, Social CRM, Social Web, VRM | 16 Comments

I am so ready to get rid of these

Posted on 1/19/2011 by

I have used Akismet blog spam filtering on this blog for several years now, but at least one or two blog spams get through every day and generate an email like the following: A new comment on the post #365 … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Privacy | 1 Comment

Finally, a truthful privacy policy

Posted on 12/9/2010 by

For anyone who’ been dealing with Internet privacy, Dan Tynan’s The First Truly Honest Privacy Policy is a scream. (Don’t tell anyone, but it’s much closer to the real truth than anyone really wants to admit.)

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Doc on the Data Bubble and how VRM Will Pop It

Posted on 8/3/2010 by

I’m biased but I think this post is one of Doc Searl’s best about VRM and what’s going to compel it forwards. It’s about the July 31 Wall Street Journal article about behavioral tracking on the net. He’s been preaching … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Data Store, Privacy, Social Web, VRM | Leave a comment

Fixing the Google Account problem

Posted on 1/24/2010 by

Every so often you experience a technical problem you can’t find any information about and which takes you forever to solve. Then, after you finally solve it, you are left scratching your head saying, “I don’t get it­—there must be … Continue reading →

Posted in Accounts, General, Privacy | 115 Comments

The Age of Privacy is Over?

Posted on 1/10/2010 by

According to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, yes. See the video with your own eyes and read the ReadWriteWeb analysis of the interview he did with TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington. Is the age of privacy really over, or does Mark Zuckerberg just … Continue reading →

Posted in Privacy, Social Web | 1 Comment

Bob Blakley Gets Privacy Right

Posted on 10/5/2009 by

I don’t know why — maybe it’s just the fall weather — but the privacy temperature is changing. We’re in a period of global warming towards privacy as a key component of Internet identity infrastructure. Part of it is my … Continue reading →

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Eve Finds Another Intersection

Posted on 9/4/2008 by

I’m going to start referring to her as the Venn Queen. Eve Maler has done another Venn diagram, this time to show the relationship of whole areas of the “user-centric” sphere of activities. Going into Digital ID World next week, … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Portability, General, I-Cards, Information cards, OpenID, Privacy, R-Cards, Relationship cards, Social Web, VRM, XDI | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Congratulations, Stefan

Posted on 3/6/2008 by

And congratulations Kim. The news just become official that Microsoft has acquired Stefan Brand’s Credentica and all its intellectual property. This pairs up Stefan with Kim Cameron and Microsoft’s Identity and Access team to bring Credentica’s groundbreaking U-Prove zero-knowledge-proof technology … Continue reading →

Posted in CardSpace, General, I-Cards, Privacy

XDI Link Contracts

Posted on 11/25/2007 by

Identity Woman (Kaliya Hamlin) posts about why current “friend formats” like FOAF and XFN don’t satisfy the need for privacy and personal control of data that she – and many other women – want before they are comfortable sharing personal … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, General, Privacy, XDI, XRI | 1 Comment

Securing Very Important Data: Your Own

Posted on 10/8/2007 by

Denise Caruso published a wonderful article in Sunday’s New York Times on a subject very close to my heart: how to best go about protecting personal identity, profile, and preference data as new technologies like OpenID, Higgins, and XDI make … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Identity Rights Agreements, Limited Liability Persona, Privacy, Social Web, XDI

Social Web User's Bill of Rights

Posted on 9/12/2007 by

Last week I mentioned the Social Web User’s Bill of Rights that was drafted for the Data Sharing Summit last Friday and Saturday. When it was first posted, it included the phrase, “ownership”, as in “user’s should own their personal … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Identity Commons, Identity Rights Agreements, Privacy, Social Web, XDI