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More power to the user is good. Current IdM solutions leak too much data to the service providers/relying parties. What really sucks about all solutions is tha

• richardw 14y ago
  I've wondered about "data-renting" setups before. For example, rather than giving a company my postal address, give them a token they can send to, and a post fulfilment company delivers to the actual address. If the address moves, the token follows. If I decided to revoke the token, they can't send me mail. Can't do that with all digital data, but you could with e.g. email addresses, cc's, addresses, maybe phone numbers.
  • icebraining 14y ago
    That's been possible with email addresses for decades. "Free email forwarding" returns plenty of services which give you an address that forwards to your own, and which you can revoke at any time. Personally, I just use a catch-all on my domain, but that requires you to have one. Same with credit cards: my bank offers a free service where I can set up as many virtual CCs as I want. Until recently they were single payment only, but now you can choose if it's single or multiple. Forwarding (physical) address exist too, 'though they seem to be mainly targeted at people outside the US who want a address there, and they cost you an extra shipping fee, of course.