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[Vinay Gupta]

On Apr 3, 2007, at 9:14 PM, Wayne Pierce wrote:

>
>> One could say that OpenID should not be relied on to exchange  
>> sensitive
>> information like bank account numbers, but 1) I think its a shame to
>> limit a technology with such great potential, and 2) chances are that
>> OpenID will be relied upon anyway - the sensitive transactions  
>> will just
>> be performed longer down the chain, where they can't be checked.
>
> It will happen.  I already have plans to share data far more sensitive
> than bank accounts and have  brought the idea up to a few
> organizations that are at least interested in the concept.  So far I
> have looked at layers of encryption, authorization and authentication
> on top of OpenID to solve this though.

I'd like to second this. I'm looking at using OpenID in the  
developing world, in the context of helping communities to transition  
out of being refugee camps. The hardware is a few years away from  
being cheap enough to use, but has many billion-dollar companies  
working on it (cellphones, wimax, etc.)

The software, however, is much less well examined, so that's where  
I'm currently focussing.

In these contexts, your OpenID, accessed by your cellphone, may be  
the hardest identity credential you have - much more trustworthy than  
your government issued ID, given to you by a state you fled years ago  
- or the interim credentials your host country provided you with.

I should be getting some OSD funding to work on this idea in the next  
few weeks.

Vinay


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