John Clippinger on Scope
To whomever:
I like the proposal and it does a good job in making the case.
One concern I have is over scope. A lot is being proposed and promised and it may better to do a few things very well than become diffuse and attempt too much. How this is tasked and staffed is critical. ( Perhaps look to sponsors for culling.)
I would also like to see distinctions regarding anonymity at different layers â network, transaction, identity, and social â each have different technologies, constituencies and issues. A failure at any of these layers can sink the ship so to speak.
The issue of pseudo-anonymity as a default and a protected social norm is an important one. One should not be forced to expose information by any means if one doesnât want to. Hence, a look how this might be achieved. This is also related to industry structure issues which I believe is huge â we donât want another Cable TV industry, etc. Here technology and policy come together very importantly.
Also, national security issues will intrude â unavoidable. When and how does the government have the right to penetrate an anonymity veil? Here again technology mitigated approaches are critical and there is a huge vacuum in understanding.
That is my two cents.
John