Industry orgs “warn” states against BIPA style laws. Why not have a dialogue at Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop – March 16th People and their representatives are rightly concerned about how biometric systems are used. This week while reading all the industry Biometrics =/= Digital ID I have been engaging with folks who work developing biometric systems and folks who are concerned about biometric systems for Federal Agencies using Facial Recognition Technology: GAO report from 2021 I just learned about a 2021 GAO report. It says that This means it is likely that more agencies are Biometric Exit – its creepy. I work on digital identity and this described below experience really highlighted the problem with much of the Biometrics industry Digital ID architectures matter. So does the way we talk about them. I am reading a new article out asking if 2023 is the year of Digital ID. It might be - Biometrics in Airports? Senators call for a ban. The IBIA & SIA respond. Lets discuss at Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop March... One of the big developments related to biometrics in the United States in the last month is a call by Who is invited to the Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop? The workshop is coming up March 16th virtually. If what I write below resonates with you please consider joining us Speaking at the 2023 Conference of the Plurality Research Network At the Plurality Research Network Conference 2023, which commenced on January 13, 2022, and continued through January 15, 2023, I delivered a What are biometrics? I first was exposed to biometrics at scale when I was working within the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in IAPP Event: An Intro for Data Privacy Pros to Self-Sovereign Identity An event hosted by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) asked me to give a talk on the subject DWeb 2022 Talk: Decentralized Identity Open Standards At the invitation of the organizers of DWeb Camp 2022, I delivered a session on the subject of three open Forbes Quotes me on Social Media’s Future considering Safety & Identity I was cited in an article that was published in Forbes. The article was part of a series that was Quoted in IEEE article about Worldcoin and their shift to Digital ID. I was asked to offer my perspective on the risks associated with the biometric data of Worldcoin, which was included Save the Date: APAC Digital Identity unConference, March 1-3, 2023 We are really thrilled to announce the first APAC Digital Identity unConference March 1-3, Bangkok, Thailand. Registration is now LIVE! Identosphere Infominer and I have been publishing the weekly Identosphere Newsletter and Summary of all that is happening Self-Sovereign and Decentralized Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop It is happening again. February 13-17th. March 16th Registration is open. Two things happened today that solidified the decision to FTC on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Rulemaking Today, Sept 8th, the FTC held a Public Forum on commercial surveillance and data security and I made a public Being “Real” about Hyperledger Indy & Aries / Anoncreds Executive Summary This article surfaces a synthesis of challenges / concerns about Hyperledger Indy & Aries / Anoncreds, the most Seeing Self-Sovereign Identity in Historical Context Abstract A new set of technical standards called Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is emerging, and it reconfigures how digital identity systems The Future of You Podcast with Tracey Follows Kaliya Young on the Future of You Podcast with the host Stacey Follows and a fellow guest Lucy Yang, to Media Mention: MIT Technology Review I was quoted in the article in MIT Technology Review on April 6, 2022, "Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: Event Series: Making the Augmented Social Network Vision a Reality This series began in November with Logging Off Facebook: What Comes Next? The 2nd event will be March 4th online Reality 2.0 Podcast: ID.me Vs. The Alternatives I chatted with Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls of Reality 2.0 about the dangers of ID.me, a national identity system Exploring Social Technologies for Democracy with Kaliya Young, Heidi Nobuntu Saul, Tom Atlee We see democracy as ideally a process of co-creating the conditions of our shared lives, solving our collective problems, and Why we need DIDComm This is the text of an email I got today from a company that i had a contract with last 1 2 3 … 47 Next »