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This requires me not just to absolutely trust trustfabric, but to trust that they're security is bulletproof and that their identity reclamation mechanisms such
by msy 15y ago
This requires me not just to absolutely trust trustfabric, but to trust that they're security is bulletproof and that their identity reclamation mechanisms such carefully engineered paragons defence in depth.
Given their admittedly very clear privacy policy does not rule out selling your information in aggregate or in detail nor changing the policy without explicit notification they've fallen before the first hurdle.
We desperately need a neutral provider of cryptographically secure identity, ideally that can be verified against 3rd parties such as banks or passports. The problem is I don't know what the business model for that looks like.
- kaolbrec 15y agoI.. agree. Them having those policies is what makes this presumably a business and not a standard. Maybe something like this is better implemented closer to how BrowserID is (or am I talking out of my rear?). Other than that, I'm intrigued.
- icebraining 15y agoIn theory, this kind of problems was what OAuth was designed to solve - access to protect (private) resources by requesting the user's permission. In practice, I'm not sure if it's trusted enough in terms of security to be used for this. Giving access to CC or SS numbers is 'somewhat' more sensitive than letting someone post on your Twitter account.
- saecta 15y agoI'm not sure which privacy policy you're reading, but the one on https://www.trustfabric.com/connect/privacy-policy/ https://www.trustfabric.com/connect/privacy-policy/ makes it pretty clear that they'll never sell your information.
- msy 15y agoThat was not there when I wrote that. See google cache. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Kyue2dBfpNMJ:https://www.trustfabric.com/connect/privacy-policy/+https://www.trustfabric.com/connect/privacy-policy/&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Kyue2dB...
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoIt is nearly impossible to come up with a sustainable business model for that (assuming you can even get traction!). We've talked about doing something similar, but if we do, it will be a byproduct of our primary product becoming successful, so we have something to pay the bills.