Category Archives: Identity

Why plastic cards are a model for verifiable credentials as a service

Or Everything that’s Old is New again. In the next few years, the soaring demand...

“Tap and Prove” any important facts and figures

We should be able to “Tap and Prove” any important facts and figures about ourselves...

How the language and metaphors of identity mislead us

It’s a grave problem that we identity pros can be speaking at cross purposes. The...

In a totally synthetic metaverse, what does “authentic” even mean?

Despite all the hype, we don’t know what the metaverse will eventually look like. But...

If data is the new black (gold) how do we protect the supply?

Millions of people, and whole slices of society, are falling foul of bad data. Data...

Photo ID by selfie: another solution making for problems

The next authentication arms race is about to start in facial recognition, with Deep-Fake powered...

The market failure of the Standard Model of Digital Identity

A standard model of digital identity has been with us, more or less, since the...

A capability maturity model for personal data carriers and digital wallets

Abstract Over time, payment cards, driver licences, and now Germany’s national eID have all climbed...

Order emerging from the Blockchain storm

I’ve been a critic of Blockchain. Frankly I’ve never seen such a massed rush of...

It takes a Virtual Village

In “We are hopelessly hooked” (New York Review of Books, February 25), political historian Jacob...