Category Archives: Anonymity

How do I know you are who you say you are?

There have been some new identity verification services trying to bring some order to the wild world of Internet.   You can read my take over on the Read/WriteWeb (Thanks Richard, for the great job editing and laying out the … Continue reading

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Citizendium

Citizendium, is the new Wiki project, started by Larry Sanger, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia. They define the project as follows: The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a “citizens’ compendium of everything,” is an experimental new wiki project. The project, started by … Continue reading

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How many identities do you have?

I have been thinking about the differences in teenage and adult behavior in the sphere or creating and managing identities. You can read my take over on the Read/WriteWeb (Thanks Richard, for the great job editing and laying out the … Continue reading

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Agent Smith Effect

(For those of you, who haven’t seen the “Matrix” movies, Agent Smith was one of the protagonists of Neo. His special ability, after a mutation, was that he could create as many copies of himself as he liked. Also, you … Continue reading

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Attributor

Interesting piece in the WSJ about a start-up in redwood city, called Attributor. Attributor analyzes the content of clients, who could range from individuals to big media companies, using a technique known as “digital fingerprinting,” which determines unique and identifying … Continue reading

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10 Minute Mail

10 Minute Mail is a new service for creating temporary email addresses. These addresses can be used for registering on sites that require users to provide an email address. The goal is to to rid users of a lot of … Continue reading

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Anti Click Fraud

I did a post on click fraud some time back but I want to get back to the topic. Last week, VentureBeat profiled ClickFacts, a company focused on providing more accurate information to brand-owners about who clicks on their on-line … Continue reading

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Anonymity is not privacy

I am quickly becoming a fan of Dave Kearns and his Identity Management Newsletter in Network World. Dave discusses complex identity related issues but manages to write in a very simple and easy to read style. In his latest installment … Continue reading

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