Category Archives: Identity
FIDO Alliance goes from strength to strength
With a bunch of exciting new members joining up on the eve of the RSA...
The Snapchat data breach
Yesterday it was reported by The Verge that anonymous hackers have accessed Snapchat’s user database...
My analysis of the FIDO Alliance
I’ve written a new Constellation Research “Quark” Report on the FIDO Alliance (“Fast Identity Online”),...
Attribute wallets
There’s little debate now that attributes are at least as important as “identity” in making...
Metaphormosis
We can over-stretch our metaphors. Is a passport an “identifier”? Is a drivers licence an...
The IdP is Dead!
“All Hail the Relyingpartyrati!” I presented my ecological theory of identity to the Cloud Identity...
An algebra of identity
In my recent post “Identity is in the eye of the beholder” I tried to...
Technological imperialism
Abstract Biometrics seems to be going gang busters in the developing world. I fear we’re...
An Authentication Claims Exchange Bus
Last week I had the very great pleasure of participating in the first MIT Legal...
Identity is in the eye of the beholder
That is to say, identity is in the eye of the Relying Party. The word...
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