[OpenID board] Vivek Kundra's remarks about the US Government identity initiative

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Thu Sep 10 19:53:43 UTC 2009


Right; so long as the site doing the registration has gone through all the
red tape to collect PII, then absolutely.

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:42 PM, David Recordon <recordond at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, and level 1 does not prohibit the exchange of PII.
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Allen Tom <atom at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> > In the campground example, the government probably wants your email
> address
> > so that they can send you a confirmation email, and also notifications
> about
> > the reservation.
> >
> > Also, for practical purposes, they'd probably need your name, and maybe
> even
> > your postal address and phone number.
> >
> > Chris Messina wrote:
> >>
> >> It also speaks to the fact that we're largely focused on L1
> interactions,
> >> where this is little to no assurance about the identity being
> authenticated.
> >> In such circumstance, the government really doesn't need to know who you
> are
> >> to reserve a campsite for you — only make it easier for you to manage
> your
> >> reservation by not forcing you to create a throw-away account and
> password.
> >>
> >
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