If I said it once, I’ve said it a 1000 times, Identity Verification of Adults on Social Networking Sites can be used today and will start to solve problems associated with identity and age related issues on Facebook (and MySpace, Twitter, etc.).
Case in point is the latest impersonation of Former Governor Sarah Palin on Facebook: [...]
Well after the recent news about 90,000 sexual predators being removed from MySpace (before the Task Force issued their Report, MySpace only admitted to removing 25,000) and the most recent sexual predator sex ring bust on Facebook that involved 31 students and an 18 year old man, I can’t help but reiterate our position that [...]
On December 17, 2008 we submitted a supplemental Member Statement to the Internet Safety Technical Task Force’s Final Report. The report was delivered to the Attorneys General on December 23 and made public today. The final report was not a consensus document and the Member Statements served as an avenue for us to state our [...]
Last week VeriSign released results of a survey it commissioned regarding Internet security. The findings show that 85% of consumers think trusting a site is most important when interacting on a Web site and sharing confidential information. And only 9% said competitive pricing was more important.
Also interesting is that 76% of consumers claim identity theft [...]
If you have a technology solution that can be used to address child Internet safety you should check out the call for review entries the Berkman Center announced last week to present to the Technical Advisory Board Committee, which is a sub-committee of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force. The Technical Advisory Board members [...]
One of the great things about CardSpace and the work the Information Card Foundation will be doing is developing how managed cards are going to work in commerce. A good use case is to show an age verified card for situations where you only need to show proof of age — thus limiting the [...]
I stumbled on an interesting article today about data privacy, or really the lack thereof, for registered sex offenders in Oklahoma (and ultimately the State’s government employees as well). It seems that anyone on this list, or any other offender list in OK, has had their SSN numbers exposed on the Internet for the past [...]
Zach Martin, editor of CR80 News recently published an article about the identity and age verification issues we are facing in social networks. You definitely should check it out but in case you don’t have time here are some important highlights:
When trying to get into a bar or club there is typically someone at [...]
We had the kick-off meeting for the Internet Safety Technical Task Force this week. As I expected, there are a lot of differing opinions of the committee members. It should be an interesting year to watch how things progress.
I believe the key to progress is being able to listen and keeping an [...]
It’s official! The Task Force to focus on identifying effective online safety tools and technologies, including age and identity verification has been created and was announced today. If you recall, this Task Force was an important element in the MySpace and Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group announced last month.
The Task Force is [...]
