Comments on: New Web Identity with PersonCode? http://www.nopaper.net/2006/05/26/new-web-identity-with-personcode.html home of Ryan Stephenson Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hans Gerwitz http://www.nopaper.net/2006/05/26/new-web-identity-with-personcode.html/comment-page-1#comment-195 Hans Gerwitz Fri, 26 May 2006 18:40:08 +0000 http://nopaper.net/2006/05/26/new-web-identity-with-personcode.html#comment-195 Two clarifications: You as a user would not have to even know what your PersonCode is, much less enter it with your account registration, as it is generated from your email address alone. There's the elegance: we're using your email address to mash, but without sharing it. If SHA-1 hashes of mailto: URLs was adopted as the standard approach, then FOAF would already serve as an ideal social network format unaltered. Two clarifications:

You as a user would not have to even know what your PersonCode is, much less enter it with your account registration, as it is generated from your email address alone. There’s the elegance: we’re using your email address to mash, but without sharing it.

If SHA-1 hashes of mailto: URLs was adopted as the standard approach, then FOAF would already serve as an ideal social network format unaltered.

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