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1 Introduction

The handwritten annotations seem to fix some of what I would have said, but I see one line that I think needs fixing:

"Described is an integrative identity architecture that deploys identity agents working on behalf…"

2 Using the word "Agents"

I know we talked about this already, but I still have some reservations about using "agents". Strictly speaking it means a bot, but I think some folks will associate it with an AI or some kind of machine learning due to the recent popularity in that realm. I know we also have a section that discusses both of these from Hesslie Jones, but I don't really buy it. But "identity agents" is definitely an improvement over "intelligent agents".

3 Challenges…

> Berners-Lee has resolved to take back power from the big Internet players by giving users control…

I do have a feeling, though, that Big Data would rather risk the status quo than give up their current business model.

4 TODO Relevant Background

On page 3 there's a paragraph starting with "In the 2015 timeframe, our founding team…" Did you want me to write a paragraph about worth we have already done? I'll write about this later on, below.

Though, contrary to my skepticism about whether Big Data would reduce the risk, I still think there also needs to be some research into how much Big Data companies lose versus how much they would need to invest into something more secure. Psychologically, this might be in the same camp as why countries are so sluggish to address global heating/climate change.

6 Figure 1

I had started working on a table for this a few months ago, but it dropped off my priorities list. Since, by the way, I actually have had to create an Okta account. It's too bad that Okta and Shibboleth don't seem to federate, or if they can, the ones I use don't.

It might be worth saying that PGP has 2 of the 3 key pairs described for signing/verifying and encrypting/decrypting.

8 Figure 3

And also related to the section, I think we could also have another sidebar, maybe to go along with the first one about passwords. And that is to not use passwords, and to not store any information about someone unless it has a business purpose. Of course, for Big Data, this is basically everything.