Reach--So id.wave now works with Google Chrome. Of course, no one on this board seems to want to underscore the obvious, namely, that the Consumer Google Chrome OS Netbook is coming out THIS YEAR comes with TPMs as a STANDARD.
This Netbook is first and foremost an Internet Appliance that connects to the Clouds. It is Cloud based! With a TPM! And there is only one TPM based Cloud out there in the computing universe!
With that in mind please read carefully the "Welcome" section of id.wave, and ask yourself how the Google Netbook intends to differentiate itself from the competition. And then ask yourself if all the OEMs are going to have follow suit (very)expeditiously.
The following lines in particular incited my manic tendencies.
"OpenID is already supported by major sites such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and many more. OpenID poses no privacy risks. As an identity provider we have no knowledge or access to your accounts, we only prove that you're authorization is the same as used before."
The Google TPM Consumer Netbooks will sell like hotcakes.
And folks wants to understand why the share price has had such great resilience as of late.
Welcome Wave System's Identity service lets you create a single token that can be used to log into thousands of websites. Instead of inputting many different usernames and passwords id.wave.com does it for you. You instruct a site to accept this token as proof that you are the account owner and id.wave.com validates the authorization. It's easier and much more secure.
A standard protocol known as OpenID makes this possible. OpenID is already supported by major sites such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and many more. OpenID poses no privacy risks. As an identity provider we have no knowledge or access to your accounts, we only prove that you're authorization is the same as used before.
At id.wave.com that authorization is rooted in the security hardware of your PC. You're trusting your access rights around the web to a physical device, not a username/password that could be compromised. Without your computer no one can pretend to be you.
Business version of Netbook envisioned, says Google engineer
By Ellen Messmer, Network World March 05, 2010 01:37 PM ET
Google's Chrome OS Netbook will feature a host of built-in security technologies designed to protect users from malware and other threats, a Google engineer said at the RSA Conference Thursday.
Will Drewry, a Google software security engineer, said the fact that the company's Chrome OS is an open source project allows for constant feedback from developers regarding security design. This, he said, should reassure those acquiring a Google Netbook about the product's security.
Google plans to release a consumer version later this year and a business version featuring more management muscle in 2011, Drewry said.
All of the Google Netbook products will ship with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) installed for security in key storage and multi-factor authentication in the future, as well as a "trusted bootpath," Drewry said. TPM is an industry-standard hardware module based on an architecture from the industry forum Trusted Computing Group.
The Google Chrome OS is a "hardened" operating system, according to Drewry. The auto-updating and sandbox features are intended to reduce exposure to malware, and Chrome OS will even help you with "safe-browsing" because if you stumble upon a Web site known to contain malware, you'll be warned, he said.
There is a way to run in "developer mode," through a switch located under the battery, Drewry said. That mode would cause loss of some of the specialized security functions that would otherwise be there, "but you can do what you want," he said.
It's intended to let developers tinker with the code to find new ideas.
The first Google Netbook, expected out later this year, is intended for use by consumers. However, Google is looking at developing a somewhat different version for the enterprise which would have functionality, especially in management, that businesses might prefer.
Read more about security in Network World's Security section.
"Google's strategy with Chrome OS might be the most similar to that of MeeGo. So far, Google has only discussed Chrome OS in the context of netbooks, but like MeeGo, it supports both X86 and ARM architectures. That opens the door to tablets, smartbooks and smartphones."
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