Monday, January 20, 2003

RSA Brings Privacy Home Dennis Fisher, eWeek, January 20, 2003 RSA Security Inc. is developing an online identity management technology that, for the first time, puts the control of personal data in the hands of users. 5:54:55 PM

An Introduction to Digital Identity Trust is related to, but distinct from, reliability, mutuality, faith, and co-operation. We trust someone when we rely upon him. Yet trust is not the same as routine or predictability. We may rely on a bus turning up, but few of us would say we trust the bus to come. In contrast, we rely on a friend's collecting us from the railway station because he has promised to do so. We trust the friend and feel let down, betrayed even, when he fails to do what he has promised; this is a different order of feeling from the disappointment we feel when the bus does not turn up on time. Trust involves our relying on other people when there is a risk that we might be let down or disappointed. When we trust someone, we make ourselves vulnerable to that person. Trusting involves taking a risk that one might be let down. The Weightless Society, Charles Leadbeater, published by TEXERE LLC., 2000 There are many different conceptions of Identity Management. Some seek an identity framework of predictable reliability. Some seek an identity framework of trust - a far more difficult task.... (continued) 3:53:16 PM

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