Hmm, interesting....

I am picturing flows like:

- I think this is Sam, can you confirm?
- ok, is it Josh then?
Etc. Etc. ad nauseam

Klaas

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On Mar 7, 2011, at 11:03 PM, "Josh Howlett" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> So, Josh, I'd like to confirm that one consequence of what you're
>> saying
>> is that it would be entirely fine for an implementation to use NAIs
>> including the actual username and for the IDP to only accept the NAI if
>> the email address was correct?
> 
> I believe that is correct.
> 
> When I was discussing this with our regulatory person, I framed the question 
> using a pseudonymous identifier by way of example (because that's how we 
> normally think about these problems) but he strongly implied that the 
> principle is equivalently applicable to other less privacy-preserving 
> identifiers. The key point is that the IdP isn't releasing information -- 
> which is the legislation's basic test -- only an opinion. However, I'll ask 
> him to explicitly ack your example tomorrow.
> 
> Josh. 
> 
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