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Disintermediation: an Amazon parable

A spine tingling story with a sequel about reusable identities Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2011 11:27 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: U-Prove, Minimal Disclosure, Digital Identity, Federation, Business Model

Robots reshaping social networks

Twitter SocialBots were "increasingly able to carve out their own independent community — as seen in the clustering of targets away from the established tightly-knit networks and towards the bots themselves." Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 07 2011 4:24 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: U-Prove, Research, Digital Identity, Identity, Code, Social Engineering

New paper on Wi-Fi positioning systems

In a new paper Ann Cavoukian and I argue that when reusing an existing architecture for unintended purposes, we must beware of unintended consequences Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2011 1:03 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Linkage, Digital Identity, Laws of Identity, Wifi, Location, Privacy By Design

Google opposing the “Right to be forgotten”

"This is just the beginning, this right to be forgotten, but it's going to be much more important in the future," said Artemi Rallo, director of the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2011 10:12 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Linkage, Digital Rights, Digital Identity, Ethics, Digital Eternity

Privacy Bill of Rights establishes device identifiers as PII

But despite real positives, the bill as currently formulated leaves me eager to consult a bevy of lawyers... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2011 5:10 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Minimal Disclosure, Digital Rights, Digital Identity, Laws of Identity

Kerry McCain bill proposes “minimal disclosure for specific purpose”

Seminal advance: definition of "covered information" specifically includes device IDs. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2011 1:56 AM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Minimal Disclosure, Claims, Digital Identity, Information loss

WSJ: Federal Prosecutors investigate smartphone apps

The probe is significant because it involves potentially criminal charges that could be applicable to numerous companies Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2011 5:16 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Digital Rights, Digital Identity, Ethics, Location, Fraud

Malcolm Compton on power imbalance and security

“You can make money for one year, three years, five years by exploiting people, but you can’t grow without trust” Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2011 2:26 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Minimal Disclosure, Digital Rights, Digital Identity, Identity Industry, Secure Payment

Broken Laws of Identity lead to system’s destruction

"The hard drives that held the information on the national identity register have been wiped and they're crushed and reduced to bits of metal so everyone can be absolutely sure..." Read More...

Published Sun, Mar 03 2011 9:50 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Linkage, Digital Identity, Laws of Identity, Privacy By Design

Incident closed - good support from janrain…

"We certainly test on ie 6,7,8,9, and would love to get your situation smoothed out." Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2011 1:29 AM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Digital Identity, Identity Industry, Code

Social Network Users’ Bill of Rights

"There is a need to have user input into the formation of social norms, because courts interpreting values such as "expectations of privacy" often look to social network sites policies and practices." Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2011 2:36 PM by Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Filed under: Privacy, Minimal Disclosure, Digital Rights, Digital Identity, anonymity