Anonymity

From Blindside

1 What is it
2 Impact & Maturity assessment
3 Information Assurance issues
4 Implications for UK Government
5 Timescale
6 Examples
7 Comments (attributed)
8 Organisations
9 Documents & research papers
10 Experts (academic, practitioner)
11 Academic experts

[edit] What is it

Brief abstract of the emerging technology

[edit] Impact & Maturity assessment

We estimate the Impact Level of anonymity issues at 3, our highest level, as political and social discourse on the issue, animated in the past, is likely to increase in both quantity and volume. We estimate the Maturity Level at 1, our lowest level, as the technology that both creates and destroys anonymity will be constantly evolving.

[edit] Information Assurance issues

Answer: what seem to be the likely information assurance issues of the emerging technology under discussion

[edit] Implications for UK Government

[edit] Timescale

Is the impact of this emerging technology felt - now (less than 18 months) - in 2-5 years? - in 5-25 years - longer-term than that even

The UK has taken several steps towards a surveillance society, but these steps have neither been huge or irrevocable. The major decision will be taken when defining the specifics of a national database for identification. So the topic is current, but will become more important, we think within 18-months to 5 years from 2007.

[edit] Examples

Electronic Frontier Foundation TOR project

[edit] Comments (attributed)

"In every system that I have seen where anonymity becomes common, the system fails. The recent taint in the honor of Wikipedia stems from the extreme ease which anonymous declarations can be put into a very visible public record. Communities infected with anonymity will either collapse, or shift the anonymous to pseudo-anonymous, as in eBay, where you have a traceable identity behind an invented nickname," says Kevin Kelly, Editor-At-Large for Wired