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Stephen Downes

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This is arcane and mysterious business, but so it the stuff behind automated tellers, and look at what an impact they've had. And it's pretty much the same issue: "I guarantee you this is Sally; if I'm wrong, I pay you." Why is this important? Well, federated learning object repository networks are emerging, and guarantees of identity are needed to keep the system secure. Commercial content providers require this, because they want to control the use of their materials. But can one system really guarantee the identity of a user to another. In high security, high stakes systems like banking, sure. But learning? This article gives you a taste of the road you will travel, if you go in that direction.

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