Credentica
Cryptographer Stefan Brands has a new company, Credentica, that allows people to disclose personal information while maintaining privacy and minimizing the threat of identity theft.
I know Stefan; he’s good. The cryptography behind this system is almost certainly impeccable. I like systems like this, and I want them to succeed. I just don’t see a viable business model.
I’d like to be proven wrong.
Erik • February 15, 2008 5:26 AM
That’s good to know. I was reading up on the company and was very interested in it’s capability, but was waiting to see an endorsement or snake-oil commentary from you 🙂
I’d like to see this work as well, since it seems to be an excellent model for many individual to company and individual to government relationships, but I’m not sure how one makes money doing so without massive buy-in across many private and public domains, which seems unlikely.