The list can go
on and on. In those cases, we follow a protocol because there??™s
a lot at stake in terms of risk or resources and, as painful and
uninspiring as it may sometimes be, we accept that as a fact of
life.
The way in which a universal identity system (please ignore for
the time being the term metasystemin the law enunciate)
should integrate humans is by maximizing comprehension
while minimizing ambiguity. That is, a universal identity system
should make everything as understandable and incontrovertible
as it can be. That implies representing facts and entities in ways
that the modern science of human computer interaction deems
appropriate and de?¬?ning rigorously the actions that users can
perform and their exact semantics. Clarity claims its price on
freedom. A system easy to understand and with ?¬?xed semantics
will limit the room for creativity. However, when operating a
nuclear plant, creativity should not be the higher-order bit. The
same goes for making all the users understand whether the information
they are being requested to send will travel in the
clear through an untrusted network or whether it will be
encrypted.
Note that this by no means implies limitations on speci?¬?c authentication
technologies.
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