In a social construct, security can not emerge from relative strength or technological superiority between individuals. It is the accountability of individuals that ensures the strong protects the weak, instead of abusing them. Like society, the Internet is a social construct. The key to making it a secure environment is accountability. |
Accountability OnlineOne of the most fundamental ingredients in social relations is accountability - the process by which we are responsible for our own actions. We firmly believe that extending that accountability into the online would lay the ground for unprecedented stability and growth - an Internet like the one we imagine |
Attribution / Recognition / Trust"Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships. When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective." (Stephen R. Covey) Accountability is not only responsibility - it is also recognition. When we have it, we can build trust. That's how we think the Internet should be |
Respect is Default Privacy, the ResultPrivacy is an important asset of each individual - the power to hold a wild-card within the rules of the game. Peeping, disrespecting privacy is cheating - robbing fellows from this power - deliberately trying to make them lesser opponents. We believe one should not need to protect one's privacy online - everybody else should go out of their way to make sure it is respected |
To reconcile these seemingly contradictory concepts (accountability, privacy, even anonymity) we need a new identity model - one that gives identity to everything and preserves the chain of accountability
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Identity of you in cyberspaceIdentity is a funny thing, it is not a name or an address, but rather what they point to ... An unbreakable perimeter where all that which is you is contained. In cyberspace, this is your digital projection - the set of all online services that hold information on you together with the information they hold. We call it your digital shadow and used properly, it needs no exchange of personal information to ensure accountability - the prime leverage of upstanding citizens of the Internet |
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You - your machines - your accounts - connectedIdentity Plus accounts connects machine identities to cyberspace identities to people. The anonymous face that protects privacy, prevents unknown machines from connecting to your accounts and establishes the chain of accountability over the Internet. It is - x - the variable in the unified identity equation - it is your cyberspace identity. |