My Digital FootPrint

How many people do you need before identity has value - two! How come, as an industry where 3.2bn ( McKinsey ) people have a digital identity, are we so fragmented, uncoordinated and disagreeable?  It is evident that our ongoing discussions about identity, ethics, bias, privacy and consent revolve around a lot of noise (opinions) but little signal (alignment), but why?  Recognising that in 30 years of digital identity, we still lack coherent and coordinated action to make it work for everyone is a reality. Perhaps it is time to recognise that it is “us”, the industry, who are the problem.  We continue in our self confirming opinions, righteous products and determination to win at all costs.  I am not saying we have not made progress or done amazing things, but we have not done as well as we should have! As identity now takes several forms insomuch that it emerges from interactions with a system (say payment & reputation), is foundational (given by an authority,...

image source :  http://www.buildbridgebond.com/ As a context I have explored the thinking that nature’s memory is not a digital memory and what are the implications of having perminancy of data (memory) in there two posts What type of memory does identity need? and Data is not Memory -- When in the charity (thrift) shop earlier this week, I was looking at the trinkets/ orderments that are largely from house clearances after someone has died. To that person who died these items were precious, valued and important. The trinket acted as a prompt or reminder of an important time, place, activity or relationship. However, without the person who made and holds that memory, the value of the item is lost to a resale value in a charity shop. Whilst it would be good to be able to create and pass on memories, which we do as learning and stories, we actually don’t pass on everything it has to be learnt and created in every case ( unlike machines and compute). Giv...

Whilst the quote focuses on the human memory as a means to create personal identity, the question to be looked at is “What types of memory do we have”, and “what do these memory type mean for identity?” The types of memory we have is somewhat easier to break out and explore, in fact so are the types of identity. The core of this article is the thinking about complexity that arises when we explore the interaction between memory and identity. This is very much a thought piece that needs lots of debate, I hope this starts it. Memory Before we go to far, it is worth reading the wikipedia entry on all memory as it breaks out the many uses of the word in different contexts. Nature has a wide variety of memory techniques, but none of the naturally occurring ones are similar to the one we propose to create for digital identity (near perfect). Our existing paper identity systems are closer to nature than the digital one we propose; existing schemes generally get worse over time, solve...

Tony Fish @My Digital Footprint I posted this yesterday , and been thinking in this world of digital identity, why do consumers only really care about identifies rather than other aspects of identity. By identifies I mean …. Unique identifies [health number, social security number, NI, bank account number, driver licence number, passport number, phone number, IMEI number, SIM number etc etc (Kaliya describes this as an end point)] – people are worried about this mostly for unique identity fraud purposes but mix what is possible with what is sensational. If unique…. far easier to detect fraud. Context identifies  [name, address, date of birth, home town, post code, aliments, age, likes, friends, employment, number plate]  these are semi unique, confusion is possible with a small number of data points. Consumers worry about this data set but you cannot be uniquely identified by only your name – there are a few exceptions I know, but the worry is because it is w...

Tony Fish @My Digital Footprint Source: http://www.identitywoman.net/core-concepts-in-identity Worth reading as provides a lexicon …. and this is my visual interruption

Future Identities: Changing identities in the UK – the next 10 years DR 5: How will surveillance and privacy technologies impact on the psychological notions of identity Ian Brown. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. January 2013 “This review has been commissioned as part of the UK Government’s Foresight project, Future Identities: Changing identities in the UK – the next 10 years . The views expressed do not represent policy of any government or organisation.” You can download it   here   (pdf). Brown does not address how the use of pseudonyms for some online activities and real names for other purposes might impact psychological notions of identity. Does it give individuals a stronger sense of their social identities or does it negatively impact identity while possibly reducing discrimination or other adverse consequences of surveillance? Does the use of pseudonyms to protect privacy allow the benefits of online interactions in identity development...

Identifiers = Outer layer is identity given to you by someone else My Data = Layer of identity that I generate myself Security Wrap = the layer that protects what I want protected The Gap is the missing layer between what I want  - a unique ID, so I have the ability to say I am who I am and I am the only person who can be me.

A while ago I wrote Who Am I cost of Value…. http://www.mydigitalfootprint.com/who-am-i-cost-or-value-diagram Just updating this summary : a lot of cost

report download : http://www.elon.edu/docs/e-web/predictions/expertsurveys/2012survey/PIP_Future_of_Internet_2012_Big_Data_7_20_12.pdf Pew Internet/Elon University survey , 53% of a handpicked group of “Internet experts, observers and stakeholders“ said big data would produce an overall positive effect by the year 2020. Meanwhile, 39% said it would have an overall negative effect (8% didn’t answer). Many who said big data would have a positive influence on the future pointed to its potential to solve diverse problems.

Source : http://www.identityblog.com/?p=1220 “In the last frame of the diagram, any of the directories represented by the blue symbol could be an on-premise AD, a Windows Azure AD, something hybrid, an OpenLDAP directory, an Oracle directory or anything else.  Our view is that having your directory operated in the cloud simplifies a lot.  And we want WAAD to be the best possible cloud directory service, operating directories that are completely under the control of their data owners:  enterprises, organizations, government departments and startups.”

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gvjwgGJuHA] Long Talk by Arvind Narayanan at Mozilla July 2012. It picks up on so themes that are current thinking from Kim Cameron to Jeff Jarvis to Doc Searls

In the old joke, a man goes up to an old-timer and asks how to get to the local hotel. The old man thinks for a minute and then says "It's quite simple really, but I wouldn't start from here!" Taking this thinking….  if I start from Identity where do I end up and is that where I wanted to be or should I have started from somewhere else.  The reason for this is that recently I have spent far too much time on Identity and not enough on Digital Footprint. Starting with Identity I end up with access over value and ability to facilitate over participa te.  Whilst both points are critical one is about control and the other controlling. Starting with Digital Footprints I end up with data that can give me identity if I want it, but I can get social, intent, value, insight, wisdom etc etc Why do we continue to start from Identity?

This question “Searching for a meaningful Identity” could be interrupted several ways ….. I want to find a meaning in my Name I want to find meaning in my past I want to find a meaning for my current and future I want to find a meaning in who I am and why I am here         Is a meaningful Identity one that allows me to buy, travel, trade, log in or publish my intents? My focus is the last one and I am thinking about the layers for a meaningful Identity that allows me to fully participate as a citizen, as Digital Footprints could help in some cases Buy using cash - no identity needed using credit/ debit card  or on-line/mobile payment – no identity needed by the retailer, however high level of assurance in background to ensure that the payment is/ will be completed access to mortgage/ loan - strong form of identity (assurance) needed Travel walking and cycling - no identity needed public transport ...

This week I moderated a session (this one was for TRUSTe ) and the focus was on regulation, data protection and law.  Whilst some of the focus was on issues of detail there is still this massive overhang to me that whilst some are rushing down the regulation/ directive/ law route for Identity, PII, data protection and cookies others are just getting on with it.   Way back in January 2011 Facebook stated that their quest is to "make the world more open and connected" by giving out users personal contact information such as home addresses and phone numbers to third-party developers and websites. This all went very quite and it was suspended after public outcry from users and US Congressmen, but whether you like it or not, the social network may be the natural digital place as a directory and how to find someone – it then gives you the place to be social. However, we know that the directory business model is broken and it is only a matter of time before it fina...

I met Mike Neuenschwander at EIC for the first time, his presentation on Scaling Identity, Access, and Audit Controls is here http://www.kuppingercole.com/files/eic12_keynote_17042012_neuenschwander.pdf and taken to reading some of his older work http://identityblog.burtongroup.com/bgidps/2007/01/law_of_relation.html http://identityblog.burtongroup.com/bgidps/2006/10/law_of_relation.html http://identityblog.burtongroup.com/bgidps/2007/05/the_law_of_rela.html and some more recent works https://blogs.oracle.com/OracleIDM/entry/catch_mike_neuenschwander_in_europe …..liking his thinking.

Worth reading http://blogs.forrester.com/eve_maler/12-03-12-a_new_venn_of_access_control_for_the_api_economy And the comments….

Worth reading http://blogs.forrester.com/eve_maler/12-03-12-a_new_venn_of_access_control_for_the_api_economy And the comments….

Worth reading http://blogs.forrester.com/eve_maler/12-03-12-a_new_venn_of_access_control_for_the_api_economy And the comments….