There is a difference between understanding something theoretically and right in the gut.
Some comments from readers
Today we made the U-Prove crypto specification freely available under the OSP, released open source U-Prove reference implementations in C# and Java, and delivered modules that U-Prove enable our federated identity products…
Being able to uniquely identify someone in some contexts does NOT mean we should have identification in all contexts!
“This is a damn, exciting acquisition. It’s strategic and timely.”
“One of the most important and promising developments in the digital identity world…”
I guarantee everyone that I have zero intention of hoarding Minimal Disclosure Tokens or turning U-Prove into a proprietary Microsoft technology silo.
Stefan and his colleagues Christian Paquin and Greg Thompson have joined the Identity and Access Group at Microsoft
The problem with a recent piece by Stefan Brands is that it misses the whole point about why OpenID is of interest.
“Maximal disclosure tokens” release the same information everywhere, whether required or not. They often include not one, but a whole set of omnidirectional identifiers.
