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Or what is the extent of the *system*? If all we are talking about is authentication, then a private authentication system exists anywhere we are doing transactions now. Shirkey's claims are that MS wants to control "the ontology of life on the Internet" which isn't exactly a private system. That seems somewhat grandiose but if they take that on, they have to be able to deal with the problems of identity theft and the problems of auditable transactions. We are not a one venue world. I worry when the global identifier begins to be used in local contexts without a relationship to the original context of identification. I am never the string. I don't care for a machine having opinions; I care if it can auto-email my local sheriff and he comes to arrest me because someone decided to use my GUID to order sex toys. I live in a state where that is a crime. (go figure...) Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: David Brownell [mailto:david-b@p...] > But the original question is if the means is > system wide, can they assert ownership of means. "Can" or "should"? If it's a private system, there would be no problem in either sense ...
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