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The Seven Laws of Identity

Posted by Zonk on from the you-are-who-you-are dept.

pHatidic writes "Something strange is a brewin' at Microsoft these days. Check out this video interview with Kim Cameron, Microsoft's Architect of Identity, about Kim's Laws of Identity." From the post: "We have undertaken a project to develop a formal understanding of the dynamics causing digital identity systems to succeed or fail in various contexts, expressed as the Laws of Identity. Taken together, these laws define a unifying identity metasystem that can offer the Internet the identity layer it so obviously requires. They also provide a way for people new to the identity discussion to understand its central issues. This lets them actively join in, rather than everyone having to restart the whole discussion from scratch."

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  1. I win! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We have undertaken a project to develop a formal understanding of the dynamics causing..."

    Bingo!

  2. Heh.. very aptly named by beacher · · Score: 2, Funny
    Go to the Laws of Identity link, select browser version of the document...

    Not Found Very apropriate..... heheheheh

  3. Oops Microsoft, you don't know your own identity! by joelparker · · Score: 4, Funny
    Tell me, Microsoft, what good is identity... when you cannot find your own web pages?

    Browser report is 404 Not Found. Doh!

  4. The Zero-th law by dr_labrat · · Score: 2, Funny

    You are nobody...

    (unless you are in my phonebook)

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    The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake those, you've got it made. (Marx)
  5. Re:Anonymity by Linus+Torvaalds · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, rule zero is really that there is no global identity management system.

    I thought the first rule of identity is you do not talk about the global identity system.

  6. Thank God (or whoever you pray to) for Tor... by Tanmi-Daiow · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tor for all you tinfoil hat types. M$ will never get through that.

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    "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." - C.S. Lewis
  7. I thought it said... by TrashGod · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...the identity layer it so obviously requires."

    I could have sworn it said "the idenitiy lawyer it so obviously requires."

    Sounds about right.