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This is an interesting idea, but every time I see these sorts of "reduce the number of items in your wallet, passwords in your brainbank, and keys on your keyri
by kenbellows 11y ago
This is an interesting idea, but every time I see these sorts of "reduce the number of items in your wallet, passwords in your brainbank, and keys on your keyring" products my knee-jerk reaction is, "okay, so now all an identity thief has to do is take my one item/password/key and they have access to my everything?"
- pspeter3 11y agoYeah, that is my concern as well. I think the idea here though is more like a Mozilla Persona service via Namecoin
- kenbellows 11y agoIdk, they mention eventually using it as both digital and physical identification: > "At first, you'll be able to present your digital passport when logging into applications, and eventually you'll be able to use it when asked to present identification in an in-person context (as you would with a passport or driver's license)." Pragmatically, it seems like a good idea. It just makes me nervous.
- vitd 11y agoMy first reaction is: "This won't work because you'll have to get every business, government, and other entity to agree to use it. Which they won't."
- TrevorJ 11y agoThe pain points you listed there are a lot different. Passwords are a huge pain. I don't mind having multiple cards in my wallet or keys on my keyring. What everybody misses with the whole "Too many cards in our wallets" 'problem', is that there's utility in having multiple cards in your wallet. My wallet isn't just a place to store cards, it's a physical interface designed to make it easy to pick the right card quickly. If you replace that all with one card then sure, you've solved a (very tiny) problem, but unless that device's interface does a better job than my wallet does with letting me pick the card I want to use instantly and clearly, then it's simply a non-starter.