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Authentic Digital Relationships

Phil Windley

I argue that this is the kind of thing the internet is best at. Supporting Authentic Relationships. Driver's license, potentially from a different agencies than the one who registers cars and potentially in different states. In that sense, the web has kept it's promise. Vehicle title from the state.

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Fed Tech Roundup August 27

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Iowa testing digital driver's licenses - GCN.com. The License Plate Surveillance Technology That Caught the Virginia Shooter - Newsweek. Symantec takes on the Internet of unsecured things - GCN.com. USPS Official: First Priority with Internet of Things is Cost Cutting - Nextgov. State Dept. Rebuild Healthy Homes from HUD.

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Digital identity startup Evernym sells to Avast, looks to bring trust to a decentralized internet

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There’s a lot of chatter these days about Web3 — a decentralized version of the internet that operates outside the confines and grips of social media and technology giants. “This could be a log-in credential, but it could also be a vaccine record, diploma, hotel reservation, driver’s license, etc.

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The Self-Sovereign Internet of Things

Phil Windley

While decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials have much to offer the Internet of Things (IoT), the secure messaging subsystem promises an IoT that goes well beyond those initial scenarios. The follow-on post goes deeper into what a true Internet of Things founded on SSI can provide. A Self-Sovereign Internet of Things.

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Life-Like Identity: Why the Internet Needs an Identity Metasystem

Phil Windley

Summary: Sovrin is an identity metasystem that provides the Internet's missing identity layer. Digital identity is broken because the Internet was built without an identity layer. The idea was made famous by a New Yorker cartoon that says, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”. The Problems with Digital Identity.

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Guidance Software Federal Summit 6 March 2014

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As an information security trailblazer, Mr. Bigman participated in developing security measures for Government computers well before commercial industry found the Internet. He then developed creative solutions to allow the CIA to use the Internet to further its mission without exposure. Scott Montgomery. Cyber Security'

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Are Transactional Relationships Enough?

Phil Windley

As more of our relationships are intermediated by technology, finding ways to support interactional relationships will allow us to live authentic digital lives. In short, email was designed with the architecture of the internet in mind. Photo Credit: A Happy Couple with Young Children from Arina Krasnikova ( Pexels License ).