From: cvs@openprivacy.orgCVS update: openprivacy/htdocs/notes
Date: Monday February 26, 19101 @ 14:26
Author: fen
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Update of /usr/local/cvs/public/openprivacy/htdocs/notes
In directory giga:/home/fen/projects/openprivacy/htdocs/notes
Modified Files:
whitepaper.shtml
Log Message:
first pass at overview. what should be taken out? what else is needed?
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File: openprivacy/htdocs/notes/whitepaper.shtml
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--- openprivacy/htdocs/notes/whitepaper.shtml:1.14 Mon Feb 26 12:50:41 2001
+++ openprivacy/htdocs/notes/whitepaper.shtml Mon Feb 26 14:26:32 2001
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</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
- <!-- $Id: whitepaper.shtml,v 1.14 2001/02/26 20:50:41 fen Exp $ -->
+ <!-- $Id: whitepaper.shtml,v 1.15 2001/02/26 22:26:32 fen Exp $ -->
<h1>OpenPrivacy - Building a Better Internet</h1>
@@ -68,7 +68,35 @@
</p>
<p>
Systems like the Anonymizer[<a href="#anon">anon</a>] and Freedom
- [<a href="#free">free</a>]
+ [<a href="#free">free</a>] provide the essential anonymity needed to
+ protect one's self from being watched while on line, but they lack a
+ way to create and profit from a long-lived pseudonymous identity. In
+ today's world, people want the enhanced services such as
+ personalized home pages, recommended reading lists and respect
+ within their community. Many systems have been created to address
+ these desires, such as my.Yahoo.com, Amazon.com's recommendations,
+ and Slashdot.org, but these have problems, too. A very basic issue
+ is that a person who develops a good reputation on one site cannot
+ carry that reputation with them to another. A deeper issue is that
+ all your information is known by the creators of these sites to be
+ used as they please.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ OpenPrivacy provides a framework for building systems that support
+ the concept of <i>reputation</i>. Reputations, which can be
+ attached to any object (such as pseudonyms, purchase histories,
+ physical objects (using an expanded URI namespace), reputation
+ servers, and even reputations themselves, are pervasive and directly
+ affect every aspect of OpenPrivacy enabled systems. One example of
+ how it can be used is a privacy-enhanced personal portal with
+ reputation-assisted search and publishing features [<a
+ href="#jets">jets</a>]. We are also creating reputation calculation
+ engines that will provide work-alike similarity for the communities
+ created by Slashdot and Advogato. Because these projects are built
+ on the OpenPrivacy platform, not only with their users enjoy
+ enhanced privacy and security from spoof attacks, but also they will
+ be able to publish selected portions of their profiles for access by
+ the members of the other communities.
</p>
<h3>Philosophy</h3>
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