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IBM to Open Source Novel Identity Protection Software
coondoggie handed us a link to a Network World article reporting that IBM plans to open source the project 'Identity Mixer'. Developed by a Zurich-based research lab for the company, Identity Mixer is a novel approach to protecting user identities online. The project, which is a piece of XML-based software, uses a type of digital certificate to control who has access to identity information in a web browser. IBM is enthusiastic about widespread adoption of this technology, and so plans to open source the project through the Eclipse Open Source Foundation. The company hopes this tactic will see the software's use in commercial, medical, and governmental settings.
Developed by a Zurich-based research lab for the company, Identity Mixer is a novel approach to protecting user identities online.
which novel? I hope not 1984.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Anyone remember maybe a year or two ago when IBM was doing something with rather intrusive software to mine data on people?
It seems IBM doesn't really have a clear policy on whether to be Good or Evil. They seem to try doing both at the same time...
Guess we need to label IBM as Chaotic Neutral...
All rites reversed 2010
what, you mean people don't like ms passport?
Yeah, 'cause clearly, nothing is more secure than a closed source solution. Security by obscurity is the ONLY ANSWER! And advice on computer security by random slashdot posters is far more trustworthy than anything from a company that's been making secure systems for longer than most of us have been alive.