The company OneID (http://www.oneid.com) came up with a solution to bring an end to the password era. The idea is to offer the customer a one click login, or payment. There will be no need to send password, user credentials or credit card information over the internet.

To be albe to work with OneID it is of course necessary to own an account. In a simple infrastructure this would make the company extremely vulnerable to malicious hackers. A central database with user data would be considered a real treat to them. Therefore OneID came up with a technology to distribute all user data, like in a torrent network. This way it is much more difficult (if not impossible) for a hacker to get hold on user data.

OneID uses the fact that most people nowadays own multiple electronic devices like smart phones. Their identity is acknowledged through the active device (for example a pc) and a control device (for example a smart phone). The user clicks the OneID button on the active device to login. At the same time a verification is send to the second device on which the user can confirm the action.

In those (rare) cases that a user forgot the second device, or maybe can’t access the internet, it is possible to use a (one time) pin code to login. Also these pin codes are not stored in a central database, but are distributed and not (easy) to crack.

Websites that use the OneID system only store verification codes and no other sensitive data. This is a comforting thought for website visitors, but also for the website owner, as no sensitive data can be stolen from his website. The verification codes that are stored don´t contain any secret data and are therefore not interesting for malicious hackers.

User of the OneID system can access and maintain there data and access devices through the OneID website.

The question is of course whether OneID is truly a fitting replacement for the password as we know it now. Initiatives like Passport and OpenID also never got real traction among users. Besides that almost everybody nowadays has a Google, Facebook or Twitter account. With these accounts it is possible to user single login through Google, Facebook Connect or Twitter Login. Even though it is worth mentioning that by using this the user will give up a lot of privacy. Still many people use it, just because it is familiar and easy.

In short, the technology does have good strong points. It will be the question is OneID can create enough traction at big websites, and if the solution is easy enough for the big public to make the change. Care to share your opinion? Let’s hear it in the comment section.
This article is also published (in Dutch) on: Computable.nl

Short summary

The BPMN Quick Reference Guide is a small app that serves as a great reference for BPMN 2.0 modellers.

Personal opinion

I have reviewed Android version 2.0 (Lite) of the app which has recently been released. The app has very nice and clear interface. The main screen displays several categories which can be tapped .

After selecting a category a list with appropriate figures and explanations appears. Scrolling the list is easy. The images are crips and pleasant for the eyes. The explanations are short and effective. Just as it should be in a quick reference guide.

The Lite edition is free, but limited to descriptions of Activities and Gateways. The paid version offers additional descriptions for:

- Lanes and Pools
- Data
- Events
- BPMN examples

Is this app all great than? Well, I’ve only one thing that I like less is the display of a header and footer in the list while scrolling. These appear and disappear all the time which makes the scrolling a bit restless. The problem disappears after tapping one item by the way, so it is a minor issue.

App description

The BPMN Quick Reference Guide app does exactly what you expect it to do. It is an ideal reference guide for BPMN pofessionals.

General Information

Rating: * * * * (4 stars out of 5)

Android market links:
Lite version
PRO version (€ 2,05)
- Author: Julian J Wong
- Version: 2.0
- Target group: BPM, BPMN Professionals

• netMemo
• Voice Recorder

For now I’m working with netMemo (free) which is very simple. The interface is straightforward and clean. After installation the app offers a short introduction video. Very practical.

netMemo can start recording immediately after starting the app. That’s nice when you are driving for example. The resulting files can be send immediately after stopping the recording. In setting you can select to send the file immediately to your email, but it’s also possible to send it to Dropbox for example (which is my choice of preference at the moment).

I am not very impressed by the sound quality yet, but I’m sure that will depend on the surroundings. Will get back on that later. So far netMemo is a nice app for recording short audio notes. The pro version costs € 1.95 and seems fair to me.

netMemo in the Android Market