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Thought of the Day: Single-Sign Off
Lots of folks have looked at integrating online identities, and there are various types of "single sign-on" (cite) systems around. Thought experiment for today: what would single sign-off look like? In other words, what would happen if an individual had the ability to conceptually "unplug" from the Network?November 5, 2009 | Permalink
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It would look like an obituary. One ought to write one's own obituary and leave instructions for the "online executor" to implement the single signoff upon your death.
I know that's not what you mean, but that's a uniform way of unplugging.
Posted by: Francine hardaway | Nov 6, 2009 9:54:18 AM
yeah, i was kind of thinking of something a little less permanent - more like what danah does here:
http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2009/06/full-interview-danah-boyd-on-email-sabbaticals/
, but for all online services at once.
Posted by: christopher carfi | Nov 6, 2009 9:59:18 AM
Ditto - I swear I have a draft post on this - I actually think it is single-manage. When I travel I have to go thru a million systems to manage how data is pushed to me - too complex!
Posted by: debs | Nov 10, 2009 12:51:15 AM
One more reason to be excited about the rise of cloud computing and Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol enabled apps (e.g. Google Wave, Novell Pulse, Sun Convergence, ...): the "NOT present" aspect of XMPP.
Who needs SSO when federated XMPP is widespread? You're either "on the bus or off the bus" (Ken Kesey). :-)
Am I missing something?
Posted by: Douglas Paul Ambort | Nov 21, 2009 6:17:39 PM
