tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441071406174557701.post2707697450854225660..comments2023-11-29T06:26:48.603-08:00Comments on Abstractioneer by John Panzer: Webfinger now available for Google public profilesJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529069857081314814noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441071406174557701.post-6483587385830884572010-02-22T18:40:14.132-08:002010-02-22T18:40:14.132-08:00Noticed that the webfinger rel redirects to a blog...Noticed that the webfinger rel redirects to a blog with a 404:<br />http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-pageJeff (彭智寧)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06065099287863720932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441071406174557701.post-37727079632492004152010-02-15T10:39:53.613-08:002010-02-15T10:39:53.613-08:00In taking a wick read at these parts of the Salmon...In taking a wick read at these parts of the Salmon protocol, it seems like there is some overlap with the PGP web-of-trust infrastructure. Do these two forms of PKI intersect at all?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441071406174557701.post-20284397047520685002010-02-14T23:36:29.488-08:002010-02-14T23:36:29.488-08:00In general, Webfinger only requires an email like ...In general, Webfinger only requires an email like identifier like x@y.com, not an actual email account. Having an account but not an email inbox is a simple way to accomplish this. Also, the Webfinger spec itself is actually a wrapper around lower level protocols like LRDD and XRD that work with arbitrary kinds of identifiers. I certainly plan to accept all kinds of standards-based identifiers in things like Salmon, so you could for example use http://twitter.com/ev as your ID and have it work.<br /><br />My current term for all of these kinds of identifiers, email like or not, are "discoverable identifiers". In the market for a better term.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12344017489797258795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441071406174557701.post-6278635643602083712010-02-14T10:13:16.308-08:002010-02-14T10:13:16.308-08:00@marun -- already now you can have a Google accoun...@marun -- already now you can have a Google account without having Gmail activated there. That is the simplest way to accomplish what you're asking for.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999351403559982314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441071406174557701.post-72609755809844460942010-02-12T03:51:34.892-08:002010-02-12T03:51:34.892-08:00What we're going to need is a way to share Use...What we're going to need is a way to share UserIDs without revealing email addresses (which Webfinger requires). For example, you can share your twitter userid in the form of @TwitterUserID without actually exposing your actual email address (which may change by the way over a period of time). I think with some changes in Google Buzz and Google Profiles we will start seeing things like ~UserID starting to denote a Google Profile ID which can be followed (and cannot be construed as UserID@gmail.com is the email Id of the user behind the profile). I wrote about this yesterday in my blog - http://MohanArun.com/feb-11-2010/@marun2 on Twitterhttp://mohanarun.comnoreply@blogger.com