Wednesday, December 4, 2002

Glenbrook: Digital identity is not just about security any more!. My partner Carol Coye Benson writes: There's a sea change happening in the world of digital identity. Suddenly, crypto-geeks and impassioned aficionados of biometrics, software tokens, and smart cards are being pushed to the side. The suits have arrived! Digital identity is no longer about security; it's now a marketing conversation. [Scott Loftesness] 10:05:56 AM

Edgization? What's the opposite of centralization? What do you call the process by which intelligence moves to the outside while the inside stays as stable and dumb as possible - you know, kind of the way the Earth organized itself: massive dumb core in the middle, providing gravity for the living beings that do their stuff on the outside? Right now we're calling it "decentralization," which is a topic Kevin Werbach is having us explore at Supernova 2002 next week. I'm thinking we need a neologism here. Anyway, Supernova will be thick with wi-fi and blogged out the ying-yang, to be sure. Here's the show blog, already cranking (with links to attending bloggers). [The Doc Searls Weblog] 5:57:48 AM

More on data retention, from Salon.com: Is Big Brother our only hope against bin Laden?. Civil libertarians are outraged about Total Information Awareness, the government's Orwellian plan to monitor everyone, all the time. But some computer scientists say it might be the only way to save civilization. [Salon.com] [[ t e c h n o c u l t u r e ]] 5:55:01 AM

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