I used to think that driving in the UK was dangerous enough (you know, driving on the left side of the road while trying to juggle a stick shift and cell phone).

Today, both Bruce Schneier and Kim Cameron provide insightful comments on the the UK plan to monitor every car journey: “Britain is to become the first country in the world where the movements of all vehicles on the roads are recorded. A new national surveillance system will hold the records for at least two years.”

I first read George Orwell’s 1984 in 1968 when I was 15 years old. I was frankly terrified at the prospect of “Big Brother,” but dismissed the concept as fantasy. Now, almost 40 years later, I find it sad that we are abusing the fanstastic technology in our world to progress, step by step, towards Orwell’s prophetic vision.

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Sun’s CTO Greg Papadopoulos calls for acceleration in the widespread adoption of strong authentication to thwart identity theft.

He proposes the combination of using a mobile phone as a physical security token, coupled with a “Check-That-Its-Me” registration authority (Trusted Third Party).

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I’m taking a look at Bloggar, a freeware blogging client that I hope will make my blogging adventure a bit easier. If this message magically shows up on my blog, my first test will have been successful.

It worked. Wahoo!

My friends at MG Solutions,
a Sun Identity Management Partner, sent me this clever Christmas card.

When Santa Claus is considering Identity Management, you know it’s going mainstream!

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My colleague Sean O’Neil, aka Identity
Crisis, posted some provocative
comments about the power and danger of Identity Management.

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Jonathan Schwartz is listed on the

AO/Technorati Open Media 100 – the “power list of bloggers, social networkers, tool smiths, and investors leading the Open Media Revolution.”

Congratulations, Jonathan!