Comments on: Why Not Make OpenID the Law? http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/ The Social Times covers news, analysis and insight pertaining to the social web. Learn how to brand yourself and your company via the social web. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:28:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Our Identity Privacy Control Panel of the Future - Covering All That's Social All the Web http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-708 Our Identity Privacy Control Panel of the Future - Covering All That's Social All the Web Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:31:11 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-708 [...] needs to get put in place though. I previously suggested that perhaps this is where government should step in. What do you think? Should there be a global privacy standard? Posted in Privacy Digg this [...] […] needs to get put in place though. I previously suggested that perhaps this is where government should step in. What do you think? Should there be a global privacy standard? Posted in Privacy Digg this […]

]]> By: Kiran http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-603 Kiran Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:46:34 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-603 It has both pros and cons. Everyone knows about benefits but i m little concern about my privacy. Certainly i would not like to have all my internet activity logged at one place. It will be easy for someone to get enough information about your life style and yourself. There are lot more chance of privacy exploitation....... It has both pros and cons. Everyone knows about benefits but i m little concern about my privacy. Certainly i would not like to have all my internet activity logged at one place. It will be easy for someone to get enough information about your life style and yourself. There are lot more chance of privacy exploitation…….

]]> By: Neil http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-597 Neil Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:09:05 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-597 Very topical, Nick. Government control of OpenID has crossed my mind serveral times, but being a British citizen I tend to shiver every time it does. You may have heard about a UK government employee attempting to post a CD with the personal identities of 25 million people, and the postal service subsequently losing the CD. If the government is allowing incidents like that to happen, I'd hate for them to have control over something that the experts are already handling, i.e. Mark Zuckerberg, Simon Willison, Data Portability etc. What would a government really add to the equation? More paperwork and bureaucracy? Very topical, Nick. Government control of OpenID has crossed my mind serveral times, but being a British citizen I tend to shiver every time it does.

You may have heard about a UK government employee attempting to post a CD with the personal identities of 25 million people, and the postal service subsequently losing the CD. If the government is allowing incidents like that to happen, I’d hate for them to have control over something that the experts are already handling, i.e. Mark Zuckerberg, Simon Willison, Data Portability etc.

What would a government really add to the equation? More paperwork and bureaucracy?

]]> By: Nick O'Neill http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-594 Nick O'Neill Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:01:25 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-594 @Tim, that's pretty funny. I think that all of us fit into the group of those that are overwhelmed with the amount of stuff we are being solicited. Perhaps we can build a tool to manage that as well :) @Tim, that’s pretty funny. I think that all of us fit into the group of those that are overwhelmed with the amount of stuff we are being solicited. Perhaps we can build a tool to manage that as well :)

]]> By: Tim Courtney http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-592 Tim Courtney Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:58:19 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-592 With that I want a central place to manage all of my subscriptions to anything related to my email address, and postal address for that matter. With a central identity manager, I want control over who sends me solicitations for whatever, period. I've actually kicked this idea around a little as a business, though haven't been serious enough about it as it looks F/T and I'm not looking to make that kind of jump right now. And now that I've subscribed to BusinessWeek, The Economist, Wired, and FastCompany (yay frequent flier miles), I'm getting solicitations for everything, including timeshares. Ugg. With that I want a central place to manage all of my subscriptions to anything related to my email address, and postal address for that matter. With a central identity manager, I want control over who sends me solicitations for whatever, period.

I’ve actually kicked this idea around a little as a business, though haven’t been serious enough about it as it looks F/T and I’m not looking to make that kind of jump right now.

And now that I’ve subscribed to BusinessWeek, The Economist, Wired, and FastCompany (yay frequent flier miles), I’m getting solicitations for everything, including timeshares. Ugg.

]]> By: Jonathan Kleiman http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-591 Jonathan Kleiman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:57:09 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/why-not-make-openid-the-law/#comment-591 It's a slippery slope. Then when an where the government steps in online is only a matter of degree, instead of a matter of the nature of the subject matter. And government intervention toward openness is not openness at all. It’s a slippery slope. Then when an where the government steps in online is only a matter of degree, instead of a matter of the nature of the subject matter.

And government intervention toward openness is not openness at all.

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