Can ID4ME boost both privacy and domain names?
This week I talk with Katja Speck and Tom Keller about ID4Me. Katja is the managing director of ID4Me, and Tom Keller is a board member whose day job is Head of Domains at 1&1 Ionos. The best way to think of ID4ME is an easy way to log into the websites, similar to signing in with Facebook or Google, while maintaining control over your data. (Of course, there’s a lot more to it.) It’s based on DNS, and Katja and Tom explain how it works and the benefits for the domain name ecosystem.
Also: Impeachment, app makers buying domains and more.
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Running a data sensitive business project on ID4me.com , yet IDForme.com is available for just $2495 and they don’t seem to own it..
Phishing scams waiting to happen if they don’t secure it…..
You don’t actually log in using that domain.
At least that’s a good sign, but the issue remains; imagine receiving a bunch of fake emails asking to “verify” your account or new promotion from IDforme… the security issue is still there… there’s bound to be many people who would fall for it, especially if it becomes a widely used system.
Note: during the interview they are promoting themselves as ID4me, so that is their branding even if the log-in is not on their site as you mentioned.
This is not to bash anyone, just seems to me as an obvious major oversight. anyways. all the best.
The domain definitely fails the radio test. I just don’t think it will be a security issue with what they are doing.
actually it doesn’t seem that they own the .com either….. or at least it’s not forwarding it to the .org which they seem to be running on….