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Aug 15

Once more with meaning — a review of a draft industry paper on human-centric digital identity

The paper falls far short in its appreciation for human-centred design, and this is quite typical of contemporary approaches to digital identity. Originally posted to the generative identity website. The OpenID Foundation has invited comments on a draft paper titled Human-Centric Digital Identity: a Primer for Government Officials (July 7…

Digital Identity

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Once more with meaning — a review of a draft industry paper on human-centric digital identity
Once more with meaning — a review of a draft industry paper on human-centric digital identity
Digital Identity

11 min read


Jan 30

Live or DIE — a review of a draft industry paper on the harms of SSI

Dear lawmakers and regulators, this draft industry paper doesn’t do the job. I explain why in the hope that you will act. First published to the generative identity website. In my first public critique of self-sovereign identity (Generative identity — beyond self-sovereignty, 2019) I began to explore ways in which…

Digital Identity

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Live or DIE — a review of a draft industry paper on the harms of SSI
Live or DIE — a review of a draft industry paper on the harms of SSI
Digital Identity

17 min read


Nov 6, 2022

Web3’s future #fail is avoidable

The point of failure is precisely where Web3 technology meets you and me. We must change our approach, not just to avoid failure, but to fully explore and expand the gifts of being human. First published to the generative identity website. There are varied definitions of Web3. If I’m going…

Web3

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Web3’s future #fail is avoidable
Web3’s future #fail is avoidable
Web3

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·Oct 17, 2022

The number one challenge in computer science

In The Laws of Identity (2005), Kim Cameron lamented for “the Internet’s missing identity layer”, by which he was referring to the identities of Internet users. This pithy notion has carried forward into the self-sovereign identity (SSI) community. …

Identity

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The number one challenge in computer science
The number one challenge in computer science
Identity

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Sep 6, 2022

Trust Network: let’s bring our human trust connections into the digital age
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Paul Sabin

I'd love to jump on a call to discuss this space Paul. Perhaps via the Neighbourhoods project?

I'd love to jump on a call to discuss this space Paul. Perhaps via the Neighbourhoods project? I cannot share your enthusiasm if only because I think this is even harder than it appears, and it appears hard enough! Programmatic quantification of reputation (including trustworthiness) is an inevitable evil due…

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Jul 14, 2022

Digital identity is not human identity, and that matters

If your work involves architecting or designing or developing or policymaking for the interweave of people and digital technologies, or researching the consequences, may I invite you to check out my new essay: Human identity — the number one challenge in computer science. Wonderfully, I’ve been helped by thirteen reviewers…

Digital Identity

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Digital identity is not human identity, and that matters
Digital identity is not human identity, and that matters
Digital Identity

3 min read


Apr 13, 2022

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand blockchain and Decentralized Digital Identity: it just…
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Enrique Dans

You omit to provide your conceptual definition of identity.

You omit to provide your conceptual definition of identity. It is critical to do so to begin to understand the boundaries within which your hopes for SSI might play out if we're very careful, and by corrolary those aspects of the human condition and community without for which it might be / will be deeply harmful.

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Mar 28, 2022

We need to talk about the social graph

First published to the AKASHA blog. Who doesn’t love a good concept?! Concepts are the fundamental building blocks of thinking, of designing. While there are plenty of things in the mix when it comes to contemplating system design, if the primary concepts remain unchallenged and unchanged from what came before…

Deso

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We need to talk about the social graph
We need to talk about the social graph
Deso

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Oct 13, 2021

Imagine being able to port your Uber or Lyft rating and comments into your new Couchsurfing account — The cultural premises of these groups are different, but if a trusted Couchsurfing node says “hey, that info can still help us get to know a person faster”, then you don’t have to start from scratch building a reputation on Couchsurfing.

Introducing Neighbourhoods
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Emaline Friedman

Uber and Couchsurfing are different contexts.

Uber and Couchsurfing are different contexts. Reputation "porting" between contexts inevitably leads, I think, to non-contextual reputation. And non-contextual reputation is an unmitigated evil. What am I missing?

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Jul 10, 2021

The past, present, and possible future of software architecture

First published to my blog. It is important to understand the ways in which software may be conjured into the world for the simple reason that software and information technologies more generally have immense social and economic impact. The genesis of such process has been called software architecture, and there…

Cooperation

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The past, present, and possible future of software architecture
The past, present, and possible future of software architecture
Cooperation

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Philip Sheldrake

Philip Sheldrake

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