Aspects of internet security - identity management and online child protection

This paper presents two possible visions of the future, one where the status quo of consumer Identity Management remains largely unaffected by the emerging technologies, the other where these new technologies gain popularity and wide-spread acceptance. More importantly, we give arguments that support both futures occurring. The object of this exercise is to try to enumerate those obstacles that lie in wait for the mainstream acceptance of any significantly new approach to Identity Management, before we can determine how they are overcome.