Identity 2.0

The discussions and earlier blog posts made me think about the problem of identity over the internet. It's no small matter for the law. Identity leads to community to accountability, to enforceability and all these things we take for granted in meatspace.

Identity can be thought of as a bundle of information, relationships, and preferences. Computers and the internet make it easier to deconstruct and disaggregate this bundle, hence the identity problem of the internet (and our legal woes). Dick Hardt, open source hacker and CEO of sxip media, thinks aloud about identity and proposes some solutions. (streaming videos)