Comments on: Readable Article about ID

By: Dave Birch

Dave Birch — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:03:08 +0000

Thanks for the point, excellent article.

By: Guy Herbert

Guy Herbert — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:20:16 +0000

BTW, I think Johanssen still has it wrong in the same way as the IPS before he moves on to digital identity. What he calls ‘pure logical identity’ is nothing like the social phenomenon of ‘being the same person as’ in a particular context or role. The identity that is invoked when I say I am the same customer as the one who holds account 0123456789 to my bank, the history it attributes to me, is entirely distinct from the one that I inhabit if I visit a pub where everybody knows my name, but almost no-one knows my surname. And that is a good thing.

By: Guy Herbert

Guy Herbert — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:05:34 +0000

It could have if it wanted, but it doesn’t want. It’s like asking why Saudi Arabia doesn’t ask Lord Bingham for advice on how its legal system should work.

By: David Moss

David Moss — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:46:24 +0000

Richard S’s comment above says in 5 lines what it takes Mr Johansson 5 pages to say.