DISQUS

Jonathan · 1 year ago

There are very good reasons why profiles don't exist yet (and they may never exist) - the same reasons that we enter our information into every social network, email service, and online comminty too. Nobody wants to agree on a standard, decentralised method of carrying and storing profile information.

OpenID goes half way there, but all it does is verify your identity - not carry rich, controlled access to everything about you.

Also there are the security ramifications - the same ones that haunt biometrics... what if your data gets into the wrong hands, or is used in an insecure way ?
Jesse Stay · 1 year ago

There are certainly some things to be worked out here, but if it were possible, I think it's a powerful concept.
Joe Dawson · 1 year ago

Great post Jesse, I also think that there is a lot of potential here with both the iPhone and iTunes to become a social network. Obviously there are areas that would need to be addressed for security and safety and these are likely the reasons that this hasn't materialised. Apple I am sure are aware of the potential as they have a lot of clever and innovative people working for the company. I will be picking up an iPhone tomorrow and I mentioned this post in mine that I just submitted (http://is.gd/2gCo). Looking forward to trying out the App marketplace! :-)