Category Archives: Identity

Back to the Future with Verifiable Credentials

I recently co-authored a white paper about verifiable credentials, with the founder and CEO of...

Money, the Metaverse and David Birch (Making Data Better EP15)

George and I had a virtual blast recently on our podcast with David Birch. As...

What do verifiable credentials verify?

Verifiable credentials are one of the most important elements of digital identity today. What exactly...

Australia heads to a uniform governance regime for all data

I’ve been speaking and writing a lot recently about the newly legislated Australian Government Digital...

Talking Digital ID with NAB

I was delighted to appear on the latest NAB Digital Next podcast in conversation with...

The AU Digital ID Bill passes Senate Committee review

The Australian parliament is working on the government’s Digital ID Bill 2023. After passing the...

The spectre and distraction of a single ID

About Making Data Better episode 9, “The Bigger Step: Want a Single Digital ID?” The...

Digital ID and “digital identity”

Terminology Digital Identity: An amorphous concept attempting the impossible job of capturing all that a...

Can a metaphor be too good?

Digital wallets are necessary but not nearly sufficient for effective verifiable credentials. Here I look...

WDYRNTK?

We frequently use the word “identity” when we don’t really mean it. We frame digital...