Comments on: How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You My Name? http://www.gilliganondata.com/index.php/2007/11/26/how-many-times-do-i-have-to-tell-you-my-name/ Thoughts, musings, and, hopefully, not too many redundancies on the world of business data. If you missed the irony in the previous sentence, you may struggle with my writing style. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:26:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gilligan on Data by Tim Wilson » Blog Archive » How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You My Name?…Redux http://www.gilliganondata.com/index.php/2007/11/26/how-many-times-do-i-have-to-tell-you-my-name/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Gilligan on Data by Tim Wilson » Blog Archive » How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You My Name?…Redux Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:59:08 +0000 http://www.secondtree.com/data/?p=32#comment-26 [...] recap on my original post on this subject: Chris Brogan made a short video about how he wished he didn’t have to [...] [...] recap on my original post on this subject: Chris Brogan made a short video about how he wished he didn’t have to [...]

]]> By: Gilligan http://www.gilliganondata.com/index.php/2007/11/26/how-many-times-do-i-have-to-tell-you-my-name/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Gilligan Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.secondtree.com/data/?p=32#comment-8 Chris -- with financial data, things are actually more simple. For one thing, you know exactly who it is you're sharing your data with, and, for another, their reputation is staked on them keeping it secure. And, don't you still have to keep track of your "account ID" in most cases -- that's a lengthy alphanumeric that you have to keep written down somewhere. <br/><br/>An interesting exercise: make a list of all of the specific data fields you would want maintained centrally. Flag each one as to how often it changes (monthly, annually, never). Then, list 10 entities that you would want to have access a subset of that information. And, which information you would want them to have and that they would need to have. My guess is that you would come up with 8 different combinations of that data.<br/><br/>Okay, don't really go through that exercise. You've just given me something I'd like to noodle around with as a thought exercise.<br/><br/>Jamie -- thanks for the anecdote! I hadn't heard of that. Having a plain name like "Tim Wilson," I've certainly experienced my share of misidentification! Biometrics -- that's coming, too (but I've got zilch experience there). Chris — with financial data, things are actually more simple. For one thing, you know exactly who it is you’re sharing your data with, and, for another, their reputation is staked on them keeping it secure. And, don’t you still have to keep track of your “account ID” in most cases — that’s a lengthy alphanumeric that you have to keep written down somewhere.

An interesting exercise: make a list of all of the specific data fields you would want maintained centrally. Flag each one as to how often it changes (monthly, annually, never). Then, list 10 entities that you would want to have access a subset of that information. And, which information you would want them to have and that they would need to have. My guess is that you would come up with 8 different combinations of that data.

Okay, don’t really go through that exercise. You’ve just given me something I’d like to noodle around with as a thought exercise.

Jamie — thanks for the anecdote! I hadn’t heard of that. Having a plain name like “Tim Wilson,” I’ve certainly experienced my share of misidentification! Biometrics — that’s coming, too (but I’ve got zilch experience there).

]]> By: Jamie Phelps http://www.gilliganondata.com/index.php/2007/11/26/how-many-times-do-i-have-to-tell-you-my-name/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Jamie Phelps Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:51:00 +0000 http://www.secondtree.com/data/?p=32#comment-7 WRT social security numbers being unique, they simply aren't. Ripley's has a story of two women with the same name, born on the same date, being issued the same SSN. Other less peculiar instances are out there. They were never intended to be a universal identification number. A more proper vector for attacking the problem would be to use some biometric such as finger printing or retinal scan. Good thoughts all around from you and Chris both. WRT social security numbers being unique, they simply aren’t. Ripley’s has a story of two women with the same name, born on the same date, being issued the same SSN. Other less peculiar instances are out there. They were never intended to be a universal identification number. A more proper vector for attacking the problem would be to use some biometric such as finger printing or retinal scan. Good thoughts all around from you and Chris both.

]]> By: Chris Brogan http://www.gilliganondata.com/index.php/2007/11/26/how-many-times-do-i-have-to-tell-you-my-name/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Chris Brogan Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.secondtree.com/data/?p=32#comment-6 Great points, Tim. I mean, I'm worried about how much data leakage would cost me. It'd be really ucky for someone to get all my stuff. But surely, if we can conduct financial transactions online between major banking institutions, there has to be some level of data integrity that most sides agree upon. <br/><br/>I just want the same for my stock of personal data, and then I want to be able to launch that at various places, upon my will and my consent. <br/><br/>Is that so hard? Great points, Tim. I mean, I’m worried about how much data leakage would cost me. It’d be really ucky for someone to get all my stuff. But surely, if we can conduct financial transactions online between major banking institutions, there has to be some level of data integrity that most sides agree upon.

I just want the same for my stock of personal data, and then I want to be able to launch that at various places, upon my will and my consent.

Is that so hard?

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