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LATimes article on privacy I am quoting that article because it had an interesting articulation of the current state of affairs – “…we’ve all been reduced to computer bits…”. That is correct – we are shareable, movable bits of data. But that characterization also made me pause a bit, and think how can individual bits [...]
I think that using OpenID is, unfortunately, still a good portion art and a good portion science. It is still not as dumbed-down as clicking on a link on a web page. The primary reason for that, in my opinion, is that standards (like OpenID) abhore saying anything about implementation, and UX (user experience) is [...]
News link: Pressure Builds over App Store Fraud News link: For Apple, pressure builds over App Store Fraud News link: Apple’s App Store under scrutiny… This news broke out today reporting that Apple’s app store and iTunes accounts are being hacked. How do accounts get hacked? That is anyone’s guess – there are many ways [...]
I cannot really say how many people asked this question when they first heard about LiberatID, but I am sure that is a substantial percentage. The question is – ‘Why do I need LiberatID when I can already login to sites using Facebook, Google, or Yahoo?’. That is a very valid question. The answer is [...]
Standards enable openness and competition. Competition enables innovation. Innovation enables better lives. Thus far, internet identity has been a closed system. You create one off username/password profiles at each and every site that you deal with on the internet – and you also share a lot of personal data with them – like credit cards, [...]
We have created a video showing how you can use LiberatID, to login to sites work with policies The video is also available on the main site as well as at the Youtube link. It is close to 10 minutes, but we believe it will clarify what power you get out of LiberatID.
I came across a very interesting interview with Facebook’s CSO (Chief Security Officer) Joe Sullivan (link). In that he talks about how Facebook asks for your friends’ names in addition to password, when Facebook detects that you are logging in from a ‘different’ place. I must admit that this is not a new technique – [...]
It occurred to me that this question was never addressed in this blog, at least not directly. So, I decided to address it. Let us start with the problem – what is the problem? There are two, actually. 1. We have too many username/passwords – pretty much one for every site we go to. 2. [...]
We have added a tremendous feature to your ability to customize policies per site – location based policies! Imagine your home IP address is 51.26.26.30. You know it is your home, so you may not want the hassles of multi-factor authentication – you may want to use just a simple password to login (to all [...]
Came across this article today on passwords Do you really need a password you can barely remember?. I believe that it is a timely question. What is the point of having complex passwords? We anyway forget them, and then return to a weaker form of resetting the password. Think about it, many password resets are [...]