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Digital Identities Now Available

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the true-names dept.

Largecranium writes, "I-names, the only globally unique, resolvable namespace in parallel to the DNS system and compatible with OpenID, are being introduced during Digital ID World in Santa Clara. I-Names are only as useful as the services they enable; the services that are available today are interesting but not life-changing. The ones that are coming in the next 6-12 months could change the way people interact online. I-names and their value (today and tomorrow) are casually explained at iwantmynamenow.com." I-names are the lineal descendant of the technology that began as XNS and continues evolving today as XDI.

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  1. Re:Could somebody explain it? by artson · · Score: 3, Informative

    As it says a little later in the discussion, it's another twenty bucks to register yourself in someone's database.
    Supposedly it gives you a permanent internet identity that could be useful for ID and shipping purposes.
    See the article in Wikipedia, it has a good explanation and lots of useful links.

    They've been trying to get a successful launch of this for some time now and it has so far failed miserably. I'd say it's because many folks on the internet like being anonymous or hiding behind a nym.

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  2. Bad Idea - Reawakens old problems and solves none by CFD339 · · Score: 3, Informative
    So, now you have another place for "name prospectors" to hunt down all the best names and try to make money by owning the ones that have marketing value. The site's home page even says:
    "these names are unique, so those who are paying attention can get the name or names that they want."
    That was enough for me to write it off.

    This doesn't go as far toward an actual unique and secure identity as an x.509 certificate, isn't as flexible at handling people who have the same name, has no track record for trust or security, and is controlled by a single organization.

    This looks to me like someone's way to make money fast on the interweb by having a signup race for cool names at $5 (then $20) per year each.

    We know how well regulated, fair, and efficient the DNS system has been.

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  3. Re:Big words make BadAnalogyGuy crosseyed by bogado · · Score: 4, Informative

    Where is the preview button when you need it... Those are :

    & aacute ; = á
    & eacute ; = é
    & iacute ; = í
    & oacute ; = ó
    & uacute ; = ú

    Without the space, obviously. :-)

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