DigitalHelp!!!!
>>Fred what is happening here is the Feds are saying, "we need to know who is breaking the law."
Since identities are being stolen because identities are not being protected very well, then the Feds ask for more and more leeway. Meantime the web sites ask for more and more identity information. And the financial institutions ask for more and more identity information. And more and more of everything that comprises our individual digital identities gets out into cyberspace so that more and more people can masquerade as you or I and do things that the Feds say they have to keep track of.
This goes on until everybody knows everything about everybody and nobody uses the internet anymore because it is like going into a place to get robbed.
In fact the internet already has that reputation amongst the large number of people who refuse to use it.>>
Paul:
Novell must jump on the Privacy Bandwagon.
ZeroKnowledge Systems is one little company that's getting a huge new following for it's "Freedom" program....
>>The unique nature of the Internet and digital communications has created serious threats to individual privacy. In the physical world, once a phone call is disconnected, the conversation is over. If you do not want to be overheard, you can find a private place to talk.
The Internet is different. The Internet can maintain a recorded trail of all you do--email can be read by others long after it was sent, web surfing habits can be traced and newsgroup postings made today can still be linked to you years from now. Do you have to accept this technological invasion? No. There is something you can do, and it is easy.
We call it Freedom.
FreedomTM is easy-to-use software designed to give you total privacy while on the Internet. This driver-level software runs in conjunction with all your current Internet software, ensuring your privacy in a totally transparent, unobtrusive way. Freedom uses high-grade public key cryptography to encrypt the contents of any Internet transmission, including e-mail, chat room, web browsing and newsgroups. It also protects the source and destination of all Internet traffic.
Freedom simultaneously
manages all of your digital identities,
watches all outbound traffic for personal information and automatically encrypts and routes traffic through the Freedom network,
transparently decrypts all incoming traffic,
places cookies into Cookie JarsTM,
filters spam.
Customized pseudonyms to manage your identities
Freedom allows you to create one or several digital pseudonyms. A digital pseudonym lets you create a unique online identity for yourself (which may or may not be like your true self) that you can use to perform all your Internet-related tasks. You are the sole owner of the pseudonyms, which can be configured to have different e-mail addresses, geographic locations and encryption keys. Different pseudonyms give you the opportunity to separately explore completely different areas of the Internet and avoid being profiled by Internet marketers.
Who do you want to be today?
You choose how to use your online identities. For example, if you like to debate politics online you can designate one pseudonym as your "politics" pseudonym. Use it when you post in political newsgroups, surf activist web sites, e-mail your political contacts and chat in political chat rooms. No one can trace it back to your real self.
Any concern you have about people monitoring you or collecting your personal information on the Internet is gone. Your boss will not be able to find out what you like to chat about on your own time. Marketers cannot generate a profile of you and put you onto mailing lists without your consent.
No one--not even Zero-Knowledge Systems--will be able to find out who is behind a digital identity.
Full strength encryption and Cookie JarsTM
Each digital identity uses full strength encryption that ranges from 128-4096 bits. This transparent encryption permits all outgoing Internet packets, e-mail and newsgroup postings to be encrypted, and where appropriate, digitally signed by the pseudonym's public key.
Every Freedom user is connected to a Freedom server that anonymizes source information to protect your identity. When sending e-mail both the sender and recipient's addresses are encrypted, as well as the message itself.
Many web sites place cookies (little bits of information) on your computer to record and customize your visit. To prevent cookies from revealing or correlating any of your identities, Freedom has a cookie management system called Cookie Jars. Each digital identity has its own Cookie Jar, and any cookie received by that identity is collected in its individual jar. This way, your digital identities remain completely separate from each other and from your real self.
Advanced spam control
Freedom also has advanced spam filtering tools so you can filter out unwanted, unsolicited e-mail sent to your pseudonyms. When enabled, Freedom's anti-spam functions eliminate 100% of unwanted bulk email before it even gets to your mailbox.
For a complete list of Freedom's features and technical details, see the white paper. >>
For more information go to...
zeroknowledge.com
Novell should be hitting this space NOW to provide "DigitalHelp" with DigitalMe.
I think its time we all get moving to create this DigitalHelp "tribe" which focuses on getting DigitalMe and NDS out to the consumer marketplace. Targeting the same privacy space ZeroKnowledge is going after would be a good first step.
Bottom line, Novell has many logical reasons to include privacy concerns in a BIG way as it trys to find a market for not only DigitalMe, but NDS in general. Building mindshare in this are will be key.
Thoughts?
Peace.
GO!! |
