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Author Archives: Joe Andrieu
Fighting for Consensus, Take 2
In April, I appealed a decision by the W3C Chairs to place DID Methods in scope in the next DID WG Charter. That appeal was ignored and the charter advanced to AC Review. This is our Formal Objection to that … Continue reading
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Fighting for Consensus at the W3C
I am formally appealing to the Director of the W3C to deny the decision by the DID WG Charter chairs to override dissent about the inclusion of DID methods in the scope of the next DID WG Charter, as embodied in part in the decision to merge PR#20 and PR#27 into the DID WG Charter.
Enabling the DID WG to develop specific DID methods will actively undermine the work’s fundamental goal of decentralization. Continue reading
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A great conversation about #GoodID
Identity can be a real pain to discuss. #GoodID turns about to be a great way to talk about the diverse needs of different stakeholders in digital identity, resulting in actionable plans to shift policy. Continue reading
Posted in Identity, privacy, regulatory, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged Caribou Digital, Good ID, GoodID, Harvard Kennedy School, Omidyar Network, Policy
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Aadhaar: digital identity writ large in India
India has forged new ground in digital infrastructure with its IndiaStack [1] initiative and Aadhaar, the biometric identity system at its core. Aadhaar is the largest state-sponsored digital identity system in the world. With over 1.1 billion Indian residents enrolled, … Continue reading
Posted in Functional Identity, Identity
Tagged Aadhaar, IndiaStack, PCI, People Centered Internet
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How Identity Can Enable A People-Centered Internet
Understanding Identity through Function This is the second of a regular column on Identity for the People Centered Internet. In the first column, I introduced the idea of Functional Identity as a way for ordinary people to discuss identity, with … Continue reading
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Ten Years Later
Ten years ago I wrote a blog post that captured a key architectural insight at the core of VRM: putting the user at the center of integration not only improves the quality of services, it simplifies our systems. The article captured the gestalt of VRM and helped catalyze a range of conversations that still shape the VRM approach.
Since then, we have seen a lot of progress. Here are a few standout examples. Continue reading
Posted in Identity, ProjectVRM, Vendor Relationship Management
Tagged GDPR, IIW, Personal Data Store, ProjectVRM, User Driven, User Driven Services, VRM
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Speaking of Identity
Identity is one of the most important constructs of society. It’s also one of the hardest to discuss. It is how we keep track of people and things and, in turn, how they keep track of us. When we build identity systems without a core understanding of identity, we risk inadvertently compromising human dignity.
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The Moral Burden of the State
The moral burden of the state cannot be separated from it. Continue reading
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Tagged moral burden, prison, state
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Open all files in separate emacs windows
How to open everything in a directory with emacs, each in their own window: find . -type f -exec $SHELL -c ‘”$0″ “$@” &’ emacs {} \; Many thanks to ephemient at StackOverflow for the inspiration: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/853451/can-the-find-commands-exec-feature-start-a-program-in-the-background