In the opening part of the chapter 2 of The New Digital Age the authors bring up the topic of online profiles and the complexity that could soon arise. As it stands currently, individuals have multiple social media profiles and logins on different websites. What the authors propose is that there will be some form of cloud-centralized service. Much like now where organizations have single-sign on for their organizations. When the idea of these social media profiles started, there was no intention for everyone to have one of these.
The author suggests that instead, these cloud-profiles will serve as a single-sign on for everything. Undoubtedly a program of this nature would have to be administered by the government. I wonder if this could flourish in use like social security numbers did. They were never intended to serve in so many capacities as these numbers do now. I fear that we could see the same thing happen if the government started issuing online profiles to this. However, there could be benefits to this. It would be nice to only fill out things like this one in only one centralized locations. Online transactions could be streamlined and our efficiency when working online.
Nice blog entry. I agree that having one centralized profile would be very convenient. I like your comparason to social security numbers it would be intresting to see them replaced with an online profile.
ReplyDeleteThe title to this post made me want to see what you had to say. I agree with the previous comment the comparison with the social security number was a unique way to view this.
ReplyDeleteI agree also that one centralized profile would be easier for users as long as they don't allow social media to control their lives
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting thought. The idea of having one centralized profile would be a great ease for people. However, I think that there could be to much manipulation of these profiles if they were used more like a SSN.
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