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Re:Cutting the Gordian Knot of Web Identity by bahadden on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @07:16AM (#2965089)
I'm a bit wary of any system that automatically supplies identity information to a website. Under a system like this, how would you decide 'I don't fully trust this site so give it a different email address and fake name'.
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Re:Cutting the Gordian Knot of Web Identity by bobds on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @08:17AM (#2965232)
There is a confirmation step mentioned, you could choose an alternate identity then or generate a random one just for this site.
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