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Are the days of multiple usernames and passwords numbered?

The dream of being able to sign in to just about any site with the same username and password took a step closer yesterday when Facebook joined the OpenID Foundation.

For me this is a very good thing. Facebook Connect has been out in the market for a month or two now and their [...]

Coming through the uncanny valley?

My daughter Eira was watching kids TV programme Ernie the Engine on Saturday and I was struck by how lifelike the faces on the animated characters are. They were lifelike and not at all disconcerting – so much so that I was left wondering whether children’s TV characters are coming through the uncanny valley.

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Misuse of personal data

A couple of days ago I wrote a post Why are we concerned about privacy? in which I argued that sharing personal some personal data in return for better services was a good trade off. Alan Patrick and I had a privacy versus sharing debate in the comments which left me thinking [...]

Why are we concerned about privacy?

This post has been forming in the back of my mind since I read Privacy and Personalisation: From Clickstream to Targeted Advertising on Read/Write web last week. I was waiting until I met with Luke Razzell this morning to discuss the final two posts in our identity and startups series to make sure there [...]