Upon2020 (archive)
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WordPress does OpenID
Another large adopter. Curiously, they only host identities, but do not accept third-party-hosted identities. I wonder why. (I can think of many reasons, but I wonder which ones apply here.) Here is the WordPress OpenID FAQ.
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The Reference Check Model and the Recommendation Letter Model for Identity
Having grown up in Germany and living in the US, I continue to be intrigued (amused?) by the differences in the way things are done in these still relatively close cultures. (Bhutan anyone? But I disgress.) One of the differences is when applying for a job: In Germany, you typically get (or at least try…
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Kim: No one-fits-all in identity
I’m very happy to hear this from Kim Cameron at Microsoft today: We don’t live in a one-size-fits-all world. Identity involves different – and even contradictory – use cases. Rather than some monolithic answer, we need a metasystem in which the cost (in complexity or money) of using identity is proportional to the value of…
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Thanks, VeriSign
Came across this credit on the about page of the VeriSign Personal Identity Provider website: Thank you!
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Summary of Bill Gates’ Talk on OpenID and CardSpace Today
Here is a summary of what Bill Gates said about OpenID and CardSpace at his RSA conference keynote. (Thanks to Mike Jones, who took these notes and let me publish them): Slide: Evolution of Identity: Making the Vision Real (with picture of two cards in hands) People are used to choosing what credential to use…