@johnwehrle There was a whole bunch of weird identity / identity management stuff floating around at the time (~2011-2012), including the NSTIC (National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace). I'd compiled and discussed a set of articles during the G+ shutdown ... four years ago (how time slogs...):

https://old.reddit.com/r/plexodus/comments/aa6pmi/a_manhattan_project_for_online_identity_nstic/

Key was Alex Howard's "A Manhattan Project for Online Identity" at O'Reilly Radar:

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/05/nstic-analysis-identity-privacy.html

@johncarlosbaez @joshg

#NSTIC #AlexHoward #Identity #GooglePlus