Overhype

Overhype

by Mike Masnick




Users Don't Want Passport Or Liberty

from the you-want-me-to-sign-up-for-what-now? dept

A panel discussion on identity management systems, like Passport and the Liberty Alliance, has shown that most people don't want an identity management system. There simply is no consumer demand for such a thing - and, if anything, they're more nervous about it. The demand is coming from the corporate side, which sees how it can be useful in handling business-to-business transactions. However, consumers, for the most part, plan to stay away. This makes sense. These days, I'm not sure why anyone would trust a computer to handle their identity management when all we hear about every day is security weaknesses and stolen credit cards.

Leave a Comment..

 
 

Add Your Comment

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now.
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Plain Text HTML
Save me a cookie
  • Plain Text: A CRLF will be replaced by break <br> tag, all other allowable HTML is intact
  • HTML: No formatting of any kind is done without explicitly being written in
  • Allowed HTML Tags: <b> <i> <p> <a> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <hr> <tt>
Close
Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now.
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Plain Text HTML Save me a cookie

Search Techdirt
And now, a word from our Sponsors..



Subscribe to Techdirt's Daily Email Newsletter

Techdirt's Daily Email Newsletter

Related Stories
Close
E-mail It