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Category Archives: Privacy
T.Rob on the Samsung AdHub Privacy Policy – Have We Reached a Privacy Waterloo?
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 Samsung, T.Rob Wyatt
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The Real Killer App for Personal Clouds
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
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
Posted in Digital rights, Open Identity Exchange, PLOA, Privacy, Respect Trust Framework
Tagged identity assurance, Jay Glasgow
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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
Posted in Blogging, Digital rights, Privacy
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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
Privacy is nuanced
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
Posted in Connect.Me, Personal Data Ecosystem, Privacy
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The Connect.Me Blog
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
Posted in Blogging, Connect.Me, Personal Data Ecosystem, Privacy
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Connect.Me
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
I am so ready to get rid of these
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
Finally, a truthful privacy policy
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.)
Posted in Blogging, Privacy
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Doc on the Data Bubble and how VRM Will Pop It
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
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Fixing the Google Account problem
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
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The Age of Privacy is Over?
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
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Bob Blakley Gets Privacy Right
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
Eve Finds Another Intersection
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 Eve Maler, user-centric, Venn diagrams
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Congratulations, Stefan
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
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XDI Link Contracts
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
Securing Very Important Data: Your Own
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
Social Web User's Bill of Rights
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
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