Identity Uniqueness Problem - Can openid solve it?

[Alexis]

Well, what you describe is just the fact that a certain name space is
used up over time. That is indeed tragic, but seeing that there is no
way around requiring unique identification for alot of online
activities we just have to live with the fact that not all of us can
be god at google.com.

And as Ben said, an ambiguous identifier does not make any sense.

Regards,
Alexis

On 9/20/06, Ben Laurie <benl at google.com> wrote:
> On 9/20/06, 백주성 <jsbaek at daumcorp.com> wrote:
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> > Identity Uniqueness Problem
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> > In real world, there are people who's name is same. But, in online, they
> > have been required unique identifier always.
> >
> > It has been required because of two-way communication, ex) email.
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> > Now, as you know, spam makes email useless. This lead URL based Identifier –
> > openid, xri.
> >
> > But, why they keep "Identity Uniqueness" still ? The namespace of opened,
> > xri is enormous, but the namespace that people really want is so small.
> >
> > After last decade – internet boom - , lets say it first internet generation,
> > nobody can get id what he really want in yahoo, ebay…
> >
> > You know, then how people make id – his name plus his birth year, phone
> > number, birth date , etc..
> >
> > After second internet generation, what will happen?
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> > I think openid and xri also have same problem.
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> > I think that
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> > Identifier should be one which he/she really want.
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> > Identifier can be modified as his/her wish.
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> > Identifier should not be unique.
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> If an identifier is not unique, it is not an identifier, it is something else.
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> > How do you think about that?
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