http://louisgray.disqus.com/A Silicon Valley Blog for Early Adopters and Tech GeeksenFri, 05 Sep 2008 17:53:57 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/09/iphones-missing-link-user-profiles.html#comment-2151347<p>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 (<a href="http://is.gd/2gCo)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://is.gd/2gCo)">http://is.gd/2gCo)</a>. Looking forward to trying out the App marketplace! :-)</p>Joe DawsonFri, 05 Sep 2008 17:53:57 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/09/iphones-missing-link-user-profiles.html#comment-2144781<p>There are certainly some things to be worked out here, but if it were possible, I think it's a powerful concept.</p>Jesse StayFri, 05 Sep 2008 11:46:53 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/09/iphones-missing-link-user-profiles.html#comment-2141827<p>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.</p><p>OpenID goes half way there, but all it does is verify your identity - not carry rich, controlled access to everything about you.</p><p>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 ?</p>JonathanFri, 05 Sep 2008 07:49:20 -0000