[OpenID] owning one's own identity

[Pat Cappelaere]

On Sep 9, 2009, at 8:20 PM, John Kemp wrote:

> On Sep 9, 2009, at 8:07 PM, Johannes Ernst wrote:
>
>> Opening up the list of accepted IdPs has some weird consequences  
>> when interacting with the government (as opposed to others)
>>
>> E.g.:
>>
>> What about an IdP in Russia or China?
>
> What services would the US government offer someone whose identity  
> is asserted by a foreign IdP?

Right now, NASA is providing data to foreign countries during  
international disasters.  We temporarily trust the IdP for the  
duration of the emergency. [or at least that's the plan using  
openid :) ]

Pat.
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