Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s...
by EGreg on Thursday October 07, 2021 @06:06AM
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Except it shouldn’t be up to the device makers to delete your “account”. It should be up to you. What’s stupid is the current system, where you bought an e-book and they can delete it from under your nose at any time.
There are three pieces, in fact:
1) The device keys - they should never leave the device
2) YOUR private keys - which you should be accessing and managing from multiple devices, and you can have many of these
3) User accounts on networks. This is where you actually authenticated some sessions, and they shouldn’t contain most of your personal info, only info necessary to operate the service.
For example at our company, we have a way for websites to display your name and friends back to yourself, while having no idea what they are. You can manage multiple identities across many services, and choose which to share with friends, and which not, and everything is automated so the Web turns into a social network:
There are three pieces, in fact:
1) The device keys - they should never leave the device
2) YOUR private keys - which you should be accessing and managing from multiple devices, and you can have many of these
3) User accounts on networks. This is where you actually authenticated some sessions, and they shouldn’t contain most of your personal info, only info necessary to operate the service.
For example at our company, we have a way for websites to display your name and friends back to yourself, while having no idea what they are. You can manage multiple identities across many services, and choose which to share with friends, and which not, and everything is automated so the Web turns into a social network:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ1O_gmPneI