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Upcoming

• Identity Special Interest Group 2023-07-27

• NGI Sargasso project on transatlantic cooperation launched a call for projects in the area of digital credentials for collaboration with projects from Canada - Opening: 06-01 Closing: 07-31

• [New Zealand] Digital Trust Hui Taumata: Registrations now open! 8/1

• Internet Identity Workshop #37 October 10-12 ← Ticket Sales open

Recap

Book of Proceedings now live for the Digital Identity Unconference Europe DICE2023 2023-07-23 Lissi

1. Technology and Infrastructure
2. Regulation and Standards
3. User Experience and Trust

Explainer

• Identity Lifecycle Management (ILM) Explained 2023-07-17 1Kosmos

• Navigating the Road Ahead: An Insight into the Future of SSI 2023-07-19 Toggle

• The Science of Anonymity: Unpacking Pairwise-Unique Identifiers in SSI 2023-07-17 Toggle

• The New Identity Verification Ecosystem 2023-07-14 Identity.com

Standards

Making Aries Framework JavaScript a global framework 2023-07-14 Animo

There are 5 initiatives that can be funded separately or as a collective. These initiatives result in separate open-source end products, to make sure you can fund only the segments you are interested in.

Verifiable Credentials API v0.3 2023-04-20 Credentials Community Group

Kaliya has been going through a range of community documents and finding some great diagrams - we are going to be pointing at one a week for the next month or so. This is the first the the VC API.

Misinformation Stops Here: W3C VC 2.0 Supports JSON 2023-07-21 Identity Woman

A most recent piece that is percolating is: the Verifiable Credential (VC) Data Model 2.0, which is under development within a formal W3C working group, does not or will not support JSON. 

My Understanding of the JSON vs.JSON-LD 2023-07-21 Identity Woman

There is a tiny IANA registry for JWT claims that defines about 100 JSON terms. This is the one registry of JSON terms that folks who love JSON reference repeatedly and say solves any needed disambiguation problems. However, beyond these approximately 100 terms, there is nowhere really to look up and figure out what a particular name asserted in JSON actually means. 

[Code, Walkthrough] Veramo & DIDComm: Bringing Identity to AI 2023-18-23 Veramo

With this demonstration, we’ve shown how easy it is to introduce data verifiability to the world of AI chatbots using Veramo and open standards like DID, DIDComm, and Verifiable Credentials.

Zero-Trust Practices with DIDComm 2023-07-19 Indicio

There are two aspects of DIDComm that enable Zero-Trust principles by design.

Wallets

[Research] User Experience for Digital Identity Wallets: State-of-the-Art and Recommendations 2023-05-17 Rachelle Sellung, Michael Kubach

As research on the user experience of wallets is still in its infancy, this paper aims to provide a first overview of recent research – published and from completed and ongoing research projects. Findings are summarized and recommendations for developers are derived. 

Unleashing the Future of Mobile Wallets: A Data-Centric Perspective 2023-07-20 Human Colossus Foundation

Delving into data-centric design and focusing on consumer engagement within the emerging Dynamic Data Economy (DDE), the discussion will revolve around cutting-edge models and technologies like HCF's Informatics Domain Model, Quadmodal Objects, and Overlays Capture Architecture (OCA).

Company

• Microsoft Entra Tech Accelerator: technical skilling on demand 2023-07-17 Microsoft

• Microsoft Entra ID Governance Introduces Two New Features in Access Reviews 2023-07-17 Microsoft

• Microsoft Entra ID Governance Entitlement Management New Generally Available Capabilities 2023-07-18 Microsoft

Ankur Patel: Microsoft’s Decentralized Identity Product—Entra Verified ID 2023-07-20 The Future of Identity

We begin the conversation by reviewing Microsoft’s storied history of identity initiatives, and why one of the world’s most valuable companies made decentralized identity one of their major focus areas.

[Video] Governance Demo 2023-07-18 Indicio

Learn what governance does for a decentralized ecosystem and see how it is accomplished in this comprehensive demonstration.

Organization

MOBI Web3 Infrastructure 2023-03-02 MOBI

Companies can retain their brand, their business models, and their customers without paying significant economic rent to a centralized certificate authority, platform, or data monopolist. They can reap the full benefits of value chain automation and digital efficiency in a shared zero trust ecosystem where the network effects accrue to the community.

Exploring the Latest Updates in Global Assured Identity Network (GAIN) with Elizabeth Garber and Mark Haine 2023-07-19 Ubisecure

Elizabeth and Mark recently published a draft paper for the OpenID Foundation called “Human-Centric Design: a primer for government officials” which is all about how to design identity systems to sustain and promote human rights.

Announcing “GAIN in 2023” Whitepaper 2023-07-21 OpenID Foundation

The paper explores all the ways in which the GAIN (Global Assured Identity Network) vision remains relevant in today’s fast-moving landscape - as well as the ways in which technology heightens the stakes. It then reviews the major areas of progress in the proofs-of-concept that are related to the GAIN collaboration

Government

Digital technologies are not only a trend but also the future of Vietnam’s economy and society Vietnam Blockchain

VBC has successfully implemented consulting services and digital transformation solutions for more than 50 projects in 3 fields of Digital Government, Digital Economy and Digital Society, in which,

• Agridential.vn – A Blockchain platform for traceability and production management along the value chain

• SmartBallot.io – A Blockchain application for transparent voting and rating

• CovidPass.vn – A digital certificate for SARS-CoV-2 test verified by Blockchain technology

• Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) – Digital Identity on the Blockchain platform

• VBchain và VBchain NFT – Blockchain solutions for enterprises

Australia

Australia’s National Strategy for Identity Resilience 2023-07-19 DigitalID NZ

These initiatives will be coordinated by the Department of Home Affairs, with close collaboration across the federal, state, and territory-levels of government. Compared to New Zealand, Australia’s extra legislative and regulatory layers of government mean that for such a plan and initiatives to be agreed to and in such a short timeframe, this is a positive sign of the importance for which the Australian government is signalling their priorities

National Strategy for Identity Resilience 2023-06-26 Australian Dept of Home Affairs

Protecting and managing the identity information of Australians is a shared responsibility between the Commonwealth, states and territories. We must all play a role in supporting Australians when things go wrong. Recent data breaches and cyber-attacks highlight the need for a national effort. 

European Union

Rewriting the Narrative: The European Wallet's Journey from Suspicion to Empowerment 2023-07-06 Ledger Leapord

Contrary to the perception of constant surveillance, the European Wallet does not grant the government or any other external entity unrestricted access to individuals’ personal data. Instead, it enables individuals to selectively share specific information when needed, putting them in control of what data is disclosed and to whom.

The role of the four EU Large Scale Pilots 2023-07-17 IDUnion

Their aim is to test the EU DigitalWallet (EUDIW) and the other components in the eIDAS 2.0 ecosystem and pilot them in practical application across Europe. 

Industry Uses

The Dawn of Decentralized Organizational Identity, Part 2: Organizational Credentials 2023-06-29 Timothy Ruff

Organizational Credentials (OCs) enable representatives of an organization to prove their authority to represent the organization outside its boundaries to anyone, anywhere. Critically, OCs enable this without using identity providers (IDPs), blockchains, or shared platforms

[Supply Chain] Revolutionising Supply Chain Management with Data Agreements 2023-07-21 DIF

data agreements are revolutionizing supply chain management by enabling secure, efficient, and automated data exchange

[Healthcare] NYC Assembly ’23: Fireside Chat with HCA Healthcare CHRO, Jennifer Berres 2023-07-18 Velocity Foundation

“Imagine a day when we can get somebody onboarded in less than 24 hours and they’re at the bedside caring for patients.”

That day, of course, is now here and as she described to Etan Bernstein, when she shared the goal of reducing onboarding time from up to 28 days to 7 minutes, a group of HR leaders cheered!

Education

[Education] ELMO2EDS: Transforming Educational Credentials into Self-Sovereign Identity Paradigm 2022-07-09 Patrick Herbke, Hakan Yildiz

We examine known issues such as the authentication of students. Self-Sovereign Identity is a paradigm that gives individuals control of their digital identities. Based on our findings, we propose ELMO2EDS, a solution that 1) converts digital credentials from EMREX to a suitable Self-Sovereign Identy data format, 2) enables authenticating a student, and 3) enables issuing, storing, and verification of achieved study.

[Education] Securely sharing educational records, blockchain shows the way 2023-07-19 DHIway

Be it schools or universities, educational institutions, irrespective of their scale and size, can deal with challenges like verification of credentials, preventing fraud, and ensuring data privacy by using blockchain technology.

Hiring

[Education, Hiring] NYC Assembly ’23: Highlights Video 2023-07-17 Velocity Foundation

trailblazers from around the world gathered to showcase the innovative use cases they have built on Velocity Network™ and discuss the path forward to drive this once-in-generation revolution of the education and job markets.

[Hiring] From Paper to Blockchain: How Digital Resumes and Work Records are Changing the Corporate Landscape 2023-07-18 DHIway

During 2020-22 period, most businesses have opted for an online recruitment process. This was accompanied by scams and frauds as many potential candidates used fake resumes and experience letters to get jobs. These instances were caught during the background check process. Many companies including Accenture, Infosys, Cognizant had laid off staffers owing to fraudulent activities. 

Web 3

Have a Civic Pass? You can now use it anywhere PolygonID is accepted 2023-07-16 Civic

Since integrating Civic Pass with Polygon earlier this year, we’ve now deepened our relationship with the Polygon ecosystem by creating a fluid way for Civic Pass users to enter into the Polygon ecosystem with PolygonID.

[EU] Archipels - The Web3 Platform for Verifiable Data and Identities

Guarantee the authenticity and integrity of data

The metaverse holds promises for digital IDs, risks for biometric data 2023-07-21 Biometrics Update

“The metaverse may offer a new means of providing identities to those who do not currently exist in ID systems and serve as a potential pathway towards inclusive access to educational, financial and other services,” says WEF’s report titled “Social Implications of the Metaverse”

[Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, XDC] Introducing Age Checks for Gaming 2023-07-18 Civic

A Civic Pass is an on-chain attestation of requirements that allows users to access a dApp’s protocol or services. It’s a non-transferable access token that a dApp may issue, freeze or revoke with our enterprise-grade Civic Pass Platform. In addition to checking age, Civic Pass can verify liveness, uniqueness, location, ID documents and more.

DWeb 

Confederal Protocols: A Sketch 2023-03-28 Black Sky Nexus

But we don't need to go the whole P2P hog to get robust user sovereignty. Cryptography lets us separate who stores and routes data from who truly owns it. We can combine the easier infrastructure design of a federated protocol with the full decentralized security of a peer-to-peer protocol.

[Code, SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL] DWN SQL Stores NPM, TBD

SQL backed implementations of DWN: MessageStore, DataStore, and EventLog.

Dear Alt-Twitter Designers: It’s about the network! 2023-07-20 Zephoria

The tl;dr? It all comes down to nurturing the network dynamics, not the technical features.

Emergence: Lessons in Contextual Complexity: A Development Case Study 2023-07-20 Holochain

Part of the difficulty of expanding contextual complexity comes precisely from the fact that it is invisible at the outset, even when you account for invisible additional complexity, which we did. 

Identity not SSI 

• What is Suomi.fi e-Identification and e-Authorization? Ubisecure

• [USA] Whitehouse Doubles Down on the Imperative for Phishing-Resistant MFA Hyper

• [Japan] Japan’s digital ID program is a complicated mess Rest of World

Amazon to Bring Biometric Payments to All Whole Foods Stores Find Biometrics

Amazon will bring its palm-based payment system to all Whole Foods stores by the end of this year, the company has announced. First debuted at AmazoGo stores in 2020, the Amazon One payment system came to select Whole Foods stores the following year, and is now deployed across 200 Whole Foods locations. Amazon says about 3 million customers have enrolled amid “growing demand”, and is now pledging to bring the devices to all of its ~500 stores in the near term.

Artificial Intelligence

• ChatGPT Tries to Add Auth0 Authentication to an iOS App, Round Two! Auth0

• Argentina’s dictatorship abducted babies in the 1970s. An AI project imagines them today Rest of World

Open Standards and Human Rights: A Path to Ethical AI 2023-07-20 Oasis Open

This excellent research brief from the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (IEAI) focuses on a salient issue that we should all be concerned about: the integration of human rights into the AI ethic discourse

AI Governance starts with Data Governance 2023-07-16 Human Colossus Foundation

Our society stands at a tipping point where the potential of AI could either accelerate progress towards the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or drive us towards an uncertain societal future. The ITU secretary general and other senior speakers asked for a global call for action.

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