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Mon, Mar 15, 2004

Fen Labalme on SharedID #

FenLabalme posted some comments on SharedID, an authentication service for sharing personal information across different web sites: (16M)

While this sounds promising, unfortunately SharedID is exactly the wrong thing. First off, it's centralized (ug) - all authentications go through the SharedID site (another hideout for Big Brother?). Further, and this is a problem with FOAF in general, profile sharing is at FOAF-file granularity, which means all my info, friends, etc. in my FOAF file will get shared once the cantralized authentication happens. I've heard some of the FOAFsters talking about how one might have several FOAF files, but then you've got data replication problems. (16N)

Fen is the primary architect of the IdentityCommons protocols. IdentityCommons is a chaordic organization founded by OwenDavis that is designing and building an infrastructure -- both technical and legal -- for federated digital identities and profile sharing. How is this different from MicrosoftPassport or LibertyAlliance? IdentityCommons is designing its protocols so that individuals retain control over their personal information. (16O)

I think IdentityCommons is a wonderful project and Fen is the perfect technical lead. He's been working on privacy issues for 25 years and is the founder of the OpenPrivacy initiative. BlueOxenAssociates is a member of IdentityCommons and plans on being one of the first sites to use the protocols. (16P)

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