“As more of our interactions take place online, clearly establishing whom we are has become essential. How do you prove you are a legitimate user, let alone that you should be treated specially? In the sequel to his Identity 2.0 talk, Hardt shares his vision for how users and sites will communicate identity.”

“No one has sufficient trust of any one organization to put all their eggs in that one basket,” explained Richard Turner, program manager for Microsoft’s Web services strategy, calling it a lesson learned by the company. “There will be multiple issuers of identity out there on the Internet. Passport is just one of those.”