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Category Archives: Identity
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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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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User Driven Services: 9. Self-managed Identity
9. Self-managed Identity User Driven Services let users manage their own online identity. Unless we control our identity online, we risk unnecessary exposure to identity theft and unwanted correlation of online activity. At the same time, online services increase the … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, User Driven, User Driven Services
Tagged Identity, information cards, OpenID, User Driven, User Driven Services
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The Identity Quartet
A functional model for best practice Identity implementations. The Identity Quartet is a framework for online services that allows users to express their Identity on their own terms. When I use the term “Identity”, I refer to the set of … Continue reading
R-cards “ah-hah!” at IIW
At last month’s Internet Identity Workshop and the subsequent DataSharing Summit, Markus S and Drummond Reed unpacked several ideas about r-cards, which, to a certain extent, are an evolution of the Information Card at the heart of CardSpace. Going into … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, Personal Data Store
Tagged icards, IIW2008a, information cards, r-cards, rcards, relationship cards, VRM
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Majority of Americans dislike unauthorized use of behavioral data
From Yahoo News: Majority Uncomfortable with Websites Customizing Content Based Visitors Personal Profiles Level of Comfort Increases When Privacy Safeguards Introduced ROCHESTER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A majority of U.S. adults are skeptical about the practice of websites using information about a … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, ProjectVRM, Vendor Relationship Management
Tagged Identity, privacy, VRM
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