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This reply seems to have missed the point of its parent and just picked up on the word fingerprint in a different context. I like the parent's overall point, b
by lovemenot 9y ago
This reply seems to have missed the point of its parent and just picked up on the word fingerprint in a different context.
I like the parent's overall point, but I suspect its business model is not viable.
Any service that helps the user against the publisher's interests will need to be funded through charging the consumer. Not easy these days.
- wolfgke 9y ago> This reply seems to have missed the point of its parent and just picked up on the word fingerprint in a different context. I am aware that "fingerprint" has different meanings, but the grandparent explicitly talked of biometric authentication (e.g. physical fingerprints) in his last sentence: > I would prefer this to any of biometric authentication schemes that have been peddled as "passwordless." This is what I was referring to.
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- tboyd47 9y agoWhy assume it is against publishers' interests for people to control how they expose their own identity? Advertisers, sure, but publishers? I see privacy as being more orthogonal to their interests than directly against them. Nevertheless, you're probably right about the business model. I was piggybacking on the idealism of the article we're commenting on. It's fun to just discuss possible futures without worrying about viability once in a while.
- lovemenot 9y agoAgreed. I ought not to have assumed the status quo must prevail. Indeed, hopefully a viable solution to the Publisher's Dilemma will be found.