Rayservers wrote:
Take an example from a completely different field. Take NY EZpass or the
equivalent freeway toll tag in your country/state. Today, they are implemented
with a gadget tied to your identity, much like Arshad's proposal - a "right to
travel" tag. It is a recipe for disaster.
I don't believe I characterized consolidated credentials as a
"right to health-care", or a "right to education", Ray. People
always have a choice on what they want to do - the question is,
do people have the discipline to do things the hard way?
I am sure you have the choice of slowing down at the toll-booth,
fishing for change in your pocket, throwing it into the bucket,
waiting for it to be counted before the green light goes on and
the turnstile gate goes up (all the while, while probably being
photographed by a camera to make sure you're not cheating the
system).
Yet, people are willing to trade their privacy and anonymity for
the convenience of saving those 30 seconds. If there is no
other way to travel on the toll roads, you have the choice of
using the free roads, or taking the public transportation
system. Last I heard, we are all still free to travel where we
want and how we want, in the US.
Consolidated credentials (as described in the Identity Firewalls
paper) do not infer rights; they merely provide a better choice
(IMO) than status quo.
Arshad Noor
StrongAuth, Inc.
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