AKMA’s Random Thoughts

The Man

Elliot Noss is a hero of mine; last year, when the Disseminary was still just a weary twinkle in my eye (it had been twinkling there for seven years or so, and was nigh on to burning out), he saw what I was ranting about and saved "disseminary.org" for us (we’ll re-up very soon, Elliot, I just have to get back to work). When everything else seemed near hopeless, Elliot offered something to hang onto, and that means a ton.

So when my man gets mad at Verisign — and heaven knows there’s reason enough even before the latest fiasco — I say, “Amen,” and emphasize that this is just exactly the kind of action that undermines the possibility of top-down DigID measures, especially if Verisign is involved. Let’s be candid and say, “Verisign is not acting as a respnsible, trustworthy agent in its dealings with users and competitors. Why on earth would we trust them with our digital ID?” (I see David is there, too. You tell ’em!)