[tdavis]

Call me crazy, but I like the way things are. Having huge, centralized bodies with easy access to all of my information sounds awful. The government knows enough about me already, why would I trust I private corporation with all of my data? What happens when they're hacked? How about when somebody decides to make millions illegally selling identities?

Facebook can keep my photos and status updates and pokes. Twitter can have all my 140-character sets of vapid bullshit. Those things don't matter. I don't want Globocorp having access to every bit of information about me.

[marc28443]

This information should not need to reside on the net and be owned by a private corporation. One of the problems mentioned in the article is that every individual should own his/her data.

I think to adress the issues correctly all this info should be stored locally and/or on your phone.

[markup]

Yeah, that's more or less what I'd like it to work, but I think using phones or other devices that may get offline would be unworkable (at least in the present). You could, however, act as your own gateway just like you can do with OpenID right now