Re: [Iotops] can we create protocols that securely transfer ownership?

[Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>]

Alexandre Petrescu <[e-mail]> wrote:
    > 'Transferring ownership' - like in selling property to somebody?  A
    > contract would be needed, and a notary with an electronic signature.

The notion of a third-party witness to attest to the transfer is definitely
important.

    > In these worlds indeed the person-to-person communication would be
    > needed to avoid negative situations.  But 'transferring ownership' would
    > not be desirable: one would not transfer ownership of information from
    > one's brain to Things and even less let these Things further
    > transfer ownership to other private interests.  There would be a need of
    > a protocol to make sure ownership is not transferred, but hardcoded in
    > silicium.

I suspect that you don't understand the term, or that it didn't translate
well for you.

The point is when you sell your car to me, that it ceases to be your car, and
is now, only, my car.

When you buy a house, the first thing you do is change all the locks.
When you lease/rent a house, you don't.  The landlord retains a copy of the key.

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