IBM has donated code to the Higgins Trust Framework Project that it could potentially develop into a tool to allow users to hide or make anonymous their personal information as they conduct business on the Web. Although a product release is about a year or more away, its potential is intriguing, especially as there are no other comparable products on the market at the moment, Mike Neuenschwander, vice president and research director for the Burton Group said. The donated software, called “Identity Mixer,” allows consumers to present anonymous digital credentials.
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IBM Donates Privacy Code to Open Source Project
Posted by: Erika Morphy January 26, 2007 01:39 PMIBM has donated code to the Higgins Trust Framework Project that it could potentially develop into a tool to allow users to hide or make anonymous their personal information as they conduct business on the Web. Although a product release is about a year or more away, its potential is intriguing, especially as there are no other comparable products on the market at the moment, Mike Neuenschwander, vice president and research director for the Burton Group said. The donated software, called “Identity Mixer,” allows consumers to present anonymous digital credentials.