Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog

Disintermediation: an Amazon parable

2011-10-17T21:27:23Z

A spine tingling story with a sequel about reusable identities Read More......(read more)

A social network or the name police – but not both

2011-10-16T14:48:12Z

According to Bob Blakely, "Google wants to be in the “social” business. But they’re not behaving sociably." Read More......(read more)

24 year old student lights match: Europe versus Facebook

2011-10-13T14:43:01Z

Facebook generation's Max Schrems is walloping Facebook with a media-savvy rejection of some fundamental assumptions Read More......(read more)

Arrogant bullies versus Superheroine

2011-08-12T03:21:17Z

"Give up your identity, Identity Woman!" Read More......(read more)

Linked In loses it

2011-08-12T01:57:31Z

We need a professional network that respects the rights of the people in it. Linked In just lost my vote. Read More......(read more)

Who is harmed by a “Real Names” policy?

2011-07-23T00:44:39Z

Those of us working on identity technology have to internalize the lessons here Read More......(read more)

Head over to the Office of Indadequate Security

2011-07-22T07:57:30Z

It even has a twitter feed for breach junkies Read More......(read more)

The Idiot’s Guide to Why Voicemail Hacking is a Crime

2011-07-22T07:13:33Z

Defense lawyers have argued that voicemail has already been transmitted and is therefore no longer "in the course of its transmission." Read More......(read more)

Robots reshaping social networks

2011-07-02T14:24:03Z

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......(read more)

New paper on Wi-Fi positioning systems

2011-06-28T11:03:16Z

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......(read more)

Change of status

2011-06-27T19:02:39Z

I will keep my hand in the identity and social computing space to the extent that people find my input useful. Read More......(read more)

Google opposing the “Right to be forgotten”

2011-04-21T20:12:59Z

"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......(read more)

Privacy Bill of Rights establishes device identifiers as PII

2011-04-13T15:10:08Z

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

Kerry McCain bill proposes “minimal disclosure for specific purpose”

2011-04-11T23:56:21Z

Seminal advance: definition of "covered information" specifically includes device IDs. Read More......(read more)

WSJ: Federal Prosecutors investigate smartphone apps

2011-04-06T15:16:14Z

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