http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/04/sir_tim_the_web_and_silos.html en-gb 30 Thu 17 Dec 2009 15:24:16 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/04/sir_tim_the_web_and_silos.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/04/sir_tim_the_web_and_silos.html?page=16#comment4 Initiatives like Facebook Connect and OpenID are making it possibel to use a single identity across the web and also to take your friends with you from site to site, but uptake is slow -- only technology industry sites have fully embraced it. And remember that the concept is nothing new: Microsoft tried the same thing with Passport 10 years ago and got nowhere, in spite of the volume of Hotmail and MSN users.The problem is one of trust. People just aren't that comfortable with websites knowing who they are and using their data without explicit consent at every stage, in spite of the conveniences offered.What Sir Tim describes could be soon possible to do with the right standards in place, but the tech isn't as big a chanllenge as winning the support of users. Thu 23 Apr 2009 16:46:12 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/04/sir_tim_the_web_and_silos.html?page=12#comment3 Somone should tell Sir Tim that UK MEPs are intent on including net discrimination clauses in the EU Universal Services Directive due for voting on May 5th. This will permit ISP to decide what we and cannot access on the web. These AT&T and Uk 'wiki amendments' are now spreading into the Access and authorisation directive as well, as deals are done on the three strikes clauses.Rather than worrying about sharing data between sites, we need to first establish an unambigous right to access those sites without needing to check the small print. Thu 23 Apr 2009 11:10:39 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/04/sir_tim_the_web_and_silos.html?page=8#comment2 please note - the unsuitable/broken url was a bit.ly link to my twitter feed. People will aways assume the worst when they see such things. I was not trying to encourage people to click on anything more nefarious than my own shameful attempts at self publicity. Thu 23 Apr 2009 10:26:34 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/04/sir_tim_the_web_and_silos.html?page=4#comment1 This post has been Removed Thu 23 Apr 2009 08:37:20 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/04/sir_tim_the_web_and_silos.html?page=0#comment0 it is bad enough trusting one organisation with data, would you really trust a number of them to talk to each other safely? I'm happier logging into internet banking every month to pay a bill, than i would be trusting a 3rd party calendar application to pay that bill for me. I do let twitter update my facebook of course, some things like this do make sense.[Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator] Wed 22 Apr 2009 11:39:55 GMT+1