Comments on: Less Databases http://blog.fen.net/2005/01/10/less-databases/ peace, privacy and political reform with an eye on freedom, liberty, education, and community Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Christopher Ceppi http://blog.fen.net/2005/01/10/less-databases/#comment-25 Christopher Ceppi Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:13:14 +0000 http://wp.fen.net/?p=39#comment-25 Fen is right about the need for better technical mechanisms for individuals asserting their own identity. The social impact of that technolgoy will be huge. It will not, however, provide a complete solution for digital identity. In the enterprise space, for example, self assertion will need to be brokered by trusted 3rd parties who take on explicit liability for miuse/abuse. 2005 may be the year that solutions for personal identity and enterprise (work) identity collide/intermingle/integrate. One challenege will be fostering constructive conversations between the camps of technologists who have been focused on one side or the other - as we speak different languages and respond to different concerns. My background is in the enterprise space and I am really looking forward to helping sort out how (or if) to mesh the personal and the enterprise identity spaces. Cheers! Fen is right about the need for better technical mechanisms for individuals asserting their own identity. The social impact of that technolgoy will be huge. It will not, however, provide a complete solution for digital identity. In the enterprise space, for example, self assertion will need to be brokered by trusted 3rd parties who take on explicit liability for miuse/abuse.

2005 may be the year that solutions for personal identity and enterprise (work) identity collide/intermingle/integrate. One challenege will be fostering constructive conversations between the camps of technologists who have been focused on one side or the other - as we speak different languages and respond to different concerns. My background is in the enterprise space and I am really looking forward to helping sort out how (or if) to mesh the personal and the enterprise identity spaces.

Cheers!

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