NSTIC "says" it is about maintaining privacy and freedom of speach we have today on the internet while enabling "when you want to" the ability to use a verified account...but I don't have a good feeling about this. Over the last week in preparation for the "official" door opening of Google+ they have been sweeping it clear of personas and avatars. Yesterday I myself was included in the sweep post here: http://www.identitywoman.net/googlereal-name-identity-woman I had been working on a post I will publish this week about NSTIC being part of the push for so called "real names" in Google+ (and apparently you can't get a google e-mail address without one either). I am curious what others think is there a link? and are you having your accounts suspended? I am all for "Accountability" that is different then the sort of mantra around "trusted identities" that the only ones worth trusting for anything must be "real". - Kaliya Kaliya Hamlin, Identity Woman (blog) (twitter) Internet Identity Workshop - Co-Founder, Co-Producer, Co-Facilitator Kaliya@identitywoman.net Cel +1 (510) 472-9069 Skype: IdentityWoman GTalk: Identitywoman@gmail.com AIM/ichat kaliya@mac.com Yahoo! earthwaters