tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post115870647762389156..comments2024-03-20T22:57:03.923+00:00Comments on Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: How many identities do you have?Dean Bubleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-1158908293600062402006-09-22T07:58:00.000+01:002006-09-22T07:58:00.000+01:00No, mobile operators are (generally) the wrong peo...No, mobile operators are (generally) the wrong people, as they aren't best-placed to support IDs both on phones and PCs. If I want to pick up my email or log in to VoIP while travelling, I really don't want to think about "does single sign-on roaming cost me money"<BR/><BR/>And don't even think of suggesting that PC/Internet authentication can be mediated via SIM & phone with a Bluetooth connection....Dean Bubleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-1158821691247095732006-09-21T07:54:00.000+01:002006-09-21T07:54:00.000+01:00Straying away from the original topic:in fact, in ...Straying away from the original topic:<BR/>in fact, in some developing markets (e.g. Eastern Africa), where most people don't have "real" bank accounts, mobile operators provide banking like services, which enable subscribers to transfer money between pre-paid accounts.<BR/><BR/>In markets like U.S. the trust to operators is pretty marginal, and new service providers like PayPal seem to have better success chances.<BR/><BR/>Back to the question who has best chances to manage multiple identities.<BR/>Personally I believe mostly in the device. Web browsers have already well working password management. For credit card ids etc. I use secure storage (i.e. "wallet" on the mobile phone, "keychain" on Mac PC).<BR/>Usage of multiple devices requires some form of synchronization of personal data between devices (identites, address books etc.).<BR/>Since direct device-to-device sync is typically quite cumbersome, I see here a role for service providers like e.g. .Mac.<BR/>No special trust needed, if the identities are encrypted by devices, and service provider just "sees" encrypted data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-1158759108708351462006-09-20T14:31:00.000+01:002006-09-20T14:31:00.000+01:00Hi Dean, As you, I have a lot of identities. But I...Hi Dean, <BR/><BR/>As you, I have a lot of identities. But I see that a single sign-on could be very useful.<BR/><BR/>I think mobile operators has a real opportunity to add-value by helping users to manage their identities. The trusted relationship is already established (I really trust the MO, they have all my data and I trust the SIM)<BR/><BR/>Of course, I would like identity portability be guaranteed and also I would like several public identities associated to my private identity.<BR/><BR/>Also, this would help me to protect my privacy and avoid to share my credit card, address, phone, etc with multiple sites. Why shouldn't a MO act as PayPal do, for instance?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com