Friday, July 14, 2006

The Meta-Identity System. (via) ... "In order to build an asset, the Identity Provider has to stop giving its crown jewels - identity data - to its customers. It can do this simply by changing what it puts into the claims it hands out to Relying Parties. Instead of answering a Relying Party's query "How old is Bob?" with the claim "Bob is 45", it can answer "How old is Bob?" with the claim "Bob is over 18". Instead of answering the query "Is Bob a good credit risk?" with the claim "Bob's credit history is (fifty-page report goes here)", it can answer "Is Bob a good credit risk?" with the claim "97% of people with credit histories similar to Bob's repaid loans of under $200,000 on time." [unmediated] Also: What if god is other people? Notes on trust and technology 9:27:55 PM    comment []