[sudo-discuss] Fwd: Agenda Announced for IDESG May Plenary Meeting <-- online identity workshop!
Anon195714
anon195714 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Apr 5 22:18:51 PDT 2013
Yeah I am definitely down for the IDESG meeting, as long as my work
schedule doesn't conflict with it, and I can carry four passengers.
Speculation on strategies for identity protection:
Assume that we can win on any/all issues regarding "names and nyms."
There still remains the problem of other unique identifiers, including
your face, your voiceprint, your gait (posture while walking), and now
(according to Dystopia Online, er uh Wired Magazine) the thermal pattern
in the air that is caused by the way your breath passes through your
mouth and nose on the way out.
After all, what good is choosing your names/nyms, when something else
about you can be used by the Bigs to tie you into the Facebook Timeline
you never knew you had (because you don't have a Facebook account in the
first place, or so you thought)?
Here's a little detail from the intel community, which I'm quite sure
nobody here knows about (as far as I know it is not classified): face
matching can be performed solely on the geometry of the "seven holes":
the pupils of your eyes, your ears, your nostrils, and your mouth.
Geometry as in, the distances, angles, and ratios, of the measurements
between them.
Copyright laws protect the right of _owners of products_ to be free from
having their _products_ copied against their will. What about making
the assertion that all of the uniquely-identifying characteristics of
your face and voice are also not merely natural occurrences but are
_your property_ in some way? No doubt this would be fought bitterly by
Facebook and Google (may they die ignominious corporate deaths and rot
in their graves in bankruptcy court), but that strategy is worthwhile
just to stake out the territory.
However: what if you go about making your face an art piece? Then it's
no longer an act of nature it's a copyrightable property by every legal
definition. "Camouflage makeup" is an area of "practical fashion" being
pursued here and there for exactly this purpose. Strictly speaking it
won't camouflage you, as long as your eyes etc. are visible. But it
could be used to assert that your face is a canvas upon which you have
painted a copyrighted artwork over which you can exert some control.
So:
First thing we need is copyrightable artwork. That's easy enough, get
some makeup and draw something interesting on your cheeks and chin and
around your eyes and on your ears. If you have a kid, have them draw
stuff on your face occasionally, that adds the cuteness factor. Note
that image-processing software can probably remove some of that artwork
particularly if it's in wild colors, so if you stick to the normal human
skin spectrum from pink through all the shades of tan, brown, and
nearly-black, it'll be harder to strip off the artwork and reveal the
skin within. (In any case, that usage of image-processing software is
arguably identical to producing "mixes" from snips of copyrighted songs,
thus illegal as hell, all the more so because there must first be an
illegal copy in order to proceed.)
Second thing you need is a copyright announcement that is lawful. As a
practical matter you can't write it in makeup on your forehead every
day... but....
How'bout a headband that goes around your head, and that contains the
copyright announcement, for example: "Copyright 2013, Nym Media (or
whatever name, see below) all rights reserved; unauthorized duplication
of this facial artwork will be subject to legal action."
Third thing we need is a legal entity other than your individual person,
that can sue copyright violators, for example "Nym Media, an
unincorporated association" or "a project of (whatever nonprofit)..."
That will serve as an umbrella for everyone using this method, and it
can hire lawyers to go after offenders. The association could sell
those headbands (you'd need a new one every year) as part of its
membership, and the yearly dues wouldn't have to be much at all (target:
$12/year) if enough people subscribed.
Fourth thing we need is to cover up those other "holes," and fortunately
there are ways of doing that without obviously wearing a mask.
Mirrored sunglasses take care of the eyes.
A dust-mask of the type commonly worn to contain coughs and sneezes
takes care of your nose and mouth (really: you don't want to spread
germs, do you?). A dust mask also obscures the thermal pattern made by
your breath in the air (lovely coincidence, that!).
And a knit cap or many other styles of hat, covers your ears nicely.
The good thing about hats is, there is already long-standing precedent
for refusal to remove a hat in various places: the Quakers famously
revolted against "hat honor" (keyword search that phrase, use
Ixquick.com as your privacy-protected search engine) and were successful
in certain venues (courtrooms may not be one of those).
Merely encouraging the wearing of hats, something that was an
_extremely_ common style up until the point where President Kennedy was
seen in public without a hat and the style changed, would make a dent in
the problem. (How'bout a SudoRoom outing to a hat store some day?)
There are also hats from some national traditions, that include little
flaps that cover your ears: practical in cold places such as Russia in
the winter, always kinda' cute, and even useful for reducing noise.
Alternately, over-the-ear headphones or hearing protectors (or a
"hearing aid" system that combines hearing protectors and amplification
with compression to block loud sounds) will take care of the ears,
though your hair (or absence thereof for guys as we get older) will
still be an issue.
This leaves enough facial real estate to cover easily with a couple of
clever drawings in the makeup style of your choice.
An alternative approach to makeup, would be to use the "fashion
accessories" as "embodiments" of copyrighted artwork, for example the
headbands, face masks, and hats. These could be issued in matching or
complementary/synergistic designs, that, when worn together, form the
complete art piece, thus alleviating the need to become a makeup artist
(all the more helpful for people who are allergic to makeup).
At first, folks who go this route will stick out like the proverbial
sore thumbs. But it could become a fashion. Dammit, it _should_ become
a fashion. With enough people doing it, we can throw a monkeywrench
into face-based surveillance & stalking (tracking).
I have other strategies in mind for dealing with voiceprint and so on,
about which more some other time. Hint: voiceprint is not just about
frequency distribution, it's about rhythm as well. Watch those hard
consonants!
-G.
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On 13-04-05-Fri 3:41 PM, aestetix wrote:
> Oh hai everyone!
>
> If you're one of the rare few who hasn't heard me rant about online
> identity, now is your chance!
>
> May 7-9: IIW workshop (Computer History Museum)
> May 9-10: IDESG Plenary (see forwarded email)
>
> There are two big events coming up in May that I feel are very
> important. The first is IIW (Internet Identity Workshop), an
> un-conference where people can collaborate on what they think and want
> to future of online identity to be. http://iiw16.eventbrite.com/ for
> more.
>
> The second is more personal to me, and the agenda email I'm
> forwarding, which takes place down the street from IIW with some
> crossover. It's the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group, which is a
> bunch of government and corporation types trying to create policy for
> online identity. Pointing specifically to the "Use Case workshop", we
> want to bring as many people in favor of nym (online pseudonyms and
> anonyms) rights to educate the IDESG plenary, and make sure our views
> are heard. While we're already planning a few use cases, we think it's
> important that everyone has a chance to be heard, even if (especially
> if) you're non-technical.
>
> If getting to the south bay is a challenge for you, we're going to try
> to set up a carpooling system. Please let me know if you're interested.
>
> It's also worth noting that the IDESG plenary is completely free :)
>
> Cheers,
> aestetix
>
> PS: you can find more info on http://www.nymrights.org
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Agenda Announced for IDESG May Plenary Meeting
> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 12:12:13 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Identity Ecosystem Steering Group Secretariat
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> IDESG Plenary
> <https://www.idecosystem.org/page/register-attend-4th-plenary-meeting>
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> *
> Register to Attend *
> *Santa Clara *
> *Plenary Meeting*
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> *May 9-10, 2013*
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> *<https://www.idecosystem.org/page/register-attend-4th-plenary-meeting> *
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> * *What:* 4th IDESG Plenary Meeting
> * *When:* Thursday, May 9 at 8:00 AM (PT) to Friday, May 10 at 5:00 PM
> (PT)
> o Held immediately following the IIW Conference which is May 7-9,
> 2013 nearby at the Computer Museum.
> * *Where:* The Network Meeting Center in Silicon Valley's TechMart
> o 5201 Great America Parkway, Suite 122
> o Santa Clara, CA 95054
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> *IDESG May Plenary Agenda*
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> *Thursday, May 9, 2013*
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> * 8:30 a.m.: Welcome; Introduction of New Leadership Team
> * 9:00 a.m.: Introduction of Management Council Work Planning
> Subcommittee
> o Work Planning Document
> o Work Products Adoption Process
> * 10:00 a.m.: Break
> * 10:15 a.m.: Use Case Workshop
> * 12:15 p.m.: Lunch on your own
> * 1:15 p.m.: Use Case Workshop continued
> * 3:45 p.m.: Break
> * 4:00 p.m.: NSTIC Pilots Update
> * 6:00 p.m.: Day One Wrap-up
> * 6:30 p.m.: Happy Hour
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> *Friday, May 10, 2013*
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> * 8:00 a.m.: Success Metrics
> o Organizational and Identity Ecosystem Health Discussion
> * 8:45 a.m.: Business Plan Subcommittee Value Proposition and
> Sustainability Planning
> * 9:30 a.m.: Terms and Definitions
> * 10:00 a.m.: Break
> * 10:15 a.m.: Committee Breakouts (6 at a time)
> * 11:45 a.m.: Lunch on your own
> * 1:00 p.m.: Committee Breakouts (other 6 committees)
> * 2:30 p.m.: Privacy Committee Report on PEM 2.0
> * 3:30 p.m.: Break
> * 3:45 p.m.: Plenary Wrap-up: Work Plan Alignment with Plenary
> Results, Gap Analysis, and Next Steps
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