[Privacy guardians take note: Authentication doesn't mean personally identifiable information.] We've become very keen on making sure we take pains to differentiate that identity is one thing, but authentication and credentials is another, ... We can provide identity tools. They can be anonymous. ? There's no privacy issue involved. Identity is a way to tell A from B, just to tell that A is not B. ? As long as you know I'm not somebody I'm trying to pose as, that's very useful information.  -   Mike Graves     Quotes
[Privacy guardians take note: Authentication doesn't mean personally identifiable information.] We've become very keen on making sure we take pains to differentiate that identity is one thing, but authentication and credentials is another, ... We can provide identity tools. They can be anonymous. ? There's no privacy issue involved. Identity is a way to tell A from B, just to tell that A is not B. ? As long as you know I'm not somebody I'm trying to pose as, that's very useful information. Mike Graves
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