RE: MS adds their two bits to the credentialing of America
On 7 Jun 2001, at 9:55, Paul E. Robichaux wrote:
I don't think that anti-nymity is a bias, it's just an unfortunate side effect. Most consumers want single sign-on. Microsoft wants to give it to them. If you don't like it, you can always get the same effect by using a nym and those nifty prepaid Amex cards you can buy at 7-11.
OK, I can buy that. But would it be wild speculation to predict that the online identity eventually gets tied to the Windows user login? This still doesn't prevent nymity (barring biometric logon and prevention of multiple accounts using the same biotoken, but I don't want to go too far afield), but it makes it less convenient. By the time J. Random Luser realizes he wants (needs?) to nymify, the barriers to entry are in place. The third 'E'. -- Roy M. Silvernail Proprietor, scytale.com roy@scytale.com
"Roy M. Silvernail" <roy@scytale.com> wrote:
OK, I can buy that. But would it be wild speculation to predict that the online identity eventually gets tied to the Windows user login? This still doesn't prevent nymity (barring biometric logon and prevention of multiple accounts using the same biotoken, but I don't want to go too far afield), but it makes it less convenient. By the time J. Random Luser realizes he wants (needs?) to nymify, the barriers to entry are in place. The third 'E'.
I'm not convinced that the intersection of the sets 'uses windows' and 'needs to nymify' (or, alternatively, 'cannot use (some other operating system)' and 'needs to nymify') is so great that this really matters. Even if it is, if the need is great enough even the steepest learning curve can begin to look pretty inviting. In other words, the answer at that point is not to use Windows. -- Riad Wahby rsw@mit.edu MIT VI-2/A 2002 5105
On 7 Jun 2001, at 12:27, Riad S. Wahby wrote:
I'm not convinced that the intersection of the sets 'uses windows' and 'needs to nymify' (or, alternatively, 'cannot use (some other operating system)' and 'needs to nymify') is so great that this really matters. Even if it is, if the need is great enough even the steepest learning curve can begin to look pretty inviting.
In other words, the answer at that point is not to use Windows.
I agree, but both of us are possessed of some clue. It can be argued that nymity also benefits the non-techie, but this is the same audience that doesn't use PGP because it's too complicated (notwithstanding the Eudora and Outlook plugins). For the Linophobes, Windows is the only apparent choice. On second thought, perhaps this isn't the problem I had thought it to be. "Think of it as evolution in action." -- Roy M. Silvernail Proprietor, scytale.com roy@scytale.com
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