By Russ Jones Momentum towards stronger financial privacy for consumers in the United States has picked up a lot of steam over the last 30 days. While most welcome the change, some financial institutions are still tentative about the new direction, others are actively...
By Russ Jones I recently attended the O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference hoping to learn about up and coming technologies that might hold promise for Glenbrook's clients. While I didn't find exactly what I was looking for (the opportunities in financial...
By Scott Loftesness I've been playing with the new Apple iTunes Music Store with my Mac OS X iBook—including buying some new (actually, old) music! In addition to rediscovering some favorite songs, I'm also exploring how Apple has tackled the micropayments...
By Carol Coye Benson How the Liberty Alliance and related digital identity protocols may solve the identity theft crisis. Count me not among the privacy zealots, nor among the small—but influential—group that demands complete consumer control over all...
By Russ Jones Identity theft—the fraudulent use of private personal data and financial credentials—is getting a lot of attention these days. Consumers are concerned and legislators are on the march proposing various regulatory solutions. Since most of the...
By Russ Jones Micropayments—those pay-per-click, penny-level transactions—are back in the news. Red Herring magazine recently published an article (1) entitled "Micropayment's Big Potential" that paints a pretty rosy picture about several up and...
By Carol Coye Benson There's a sea change happening in the world of digital identity. Suddenly, crypto-geeks and impassioned aficionados of biometrics, software tokens, and smart cards are being pushed to the side. The suits have arrived! Digital identity is no longer...
By Russ Jones and Scott Loftesness In a recent critique of the Liberty Alliance entitled "On Liberty and the Case for Anonymous Federation of Identity," (1) Doug Kaye raises several critical points about the Liberty 1.0 specifications: Privacy Protection. Is...
By Carol Coye Benson Like everyone else in the digital identity world, I have spent the last few days reading through the version 1.0 specifications from the Liberty Alliance. Overall, hats off! Alliance members have done an outstanding job of creating a framework for...
