Posted on 12/04/2011 3:21:05 PM PST by Dysart
Forget phone numbers and e-mail addresses. The era of the Internet handle is emerging.
Instead of having to remember a phone number or an e-mail address, in a few short years we might simply find somebody remotely over the Internet via his or her handle, another word for an Internet nickname.
It would be similar to the way handles are used in instant messaging or Skype, except that the handle would apply to all modes of getting in touch, including a phone number or e-mail address (or several of each). In my case, my Skype handle, "MattaboyBoston," could become the way you would reach me.
"People will no longer seek each other's phone numbers or email address[es] when establishing personal or working relationships," wrote Gartner analyst Adib Ghubril in a report on mobile predictions for 2012 and beyond. "Instead, they will ask each other, 'What's your handle?' "
Ghubril said that handles will have a huge advantage. They could remain unchanged for a long time, if not for life.
However, to use the handle format, everyone will need a personal Web page that can be reached via a person's Internet handle. In that Web page, the user would store personal phone numbers and e-mail addresses, all kept up to date by the user. All of those phone numbers and addresses would be unseen by outsiders who would have the user's handle stored in their own contacts directory, Ghubril said.
For businesses, a contact manager application could be designed for a workplace or organization. These apps would manage a directory of Internet handles that would read Web-based or cloud -based information about the one being contacted. It would also provide rules for communications (such as not calling at certain times).
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I have seen “nick” more than “handle.”
The term “handle” is from the old CB days... 3’s & 8’s good buddies.
10-4
This seems less like a handle and more like a hook.
I have nothing else to say so do you have a 10-36 for me good buddy?
“I’m a little teapot...here is my handle!”
Rubber Duck, it looks like we got ourselves a convoy...
This thread is doomed
Makes me think of the “13 codes”....
Yeah, I want to reserve Buck Ofama as my online alter ego.
Not if I keep changing it so I don't have to put up with spammers.
I just have to remember when to use Larry Lucido and when to use “Italian Stallion.”
It’s a far better idea to have fake ID’s and randomized identities, because it hinders efforts to track what you do and say on the Internet. And there are LOTS of people trying to do just that, and NONE of them are doing it for YOUR benefit. And some of them are downright nasty.
Fake Name and Address Generator
http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/
Email that is good for 10 minutes, but can be renewed if you are waiting for them to send you a verification.
http://10minutemail.com/10MinuteMail/index.html
Randomized passwords from PC Tools, from 8 to 64 characters long.
http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/
I doubt this will work: there would be too many names with numbers and no one likes that (and they aren’t easy to remember). You won’t be able to have two people with the same name, otherwise, how could you find anyone? I mean, how many Buck Naked’s do you think there will?
Hi, this is JohnSmith197766824380910462
Equality 7-2521
Welcome to the internet circa 1995....
You NEVER ever Use Your real name online!
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