Identosphere 154: New White Papers 1) Standards-Based Digital Credentials: Flavors Explained + Infographic 2) Human-Centric Digital Identity: for Government Officials • DWN Companion
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Identosphere 154: New White Papers 1) Standards-Based Digital Credentials: Flavors Explained + Infographic 2) Human-Centric Digital Identity: for Government Officials • DWN Companion
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Upcoming
Explore the 15 leading Digital Identity Events of 2023 (updated) 2023-09-05 Truvity
[Washington, DC] Identity Week America 10/03-04 ← Kaliya & Lucy will be there with a booth reach out if you want to connect.
[California, Pre-IIW] OpenWallet Pre-IIW Developers Face-to-Face Morning 10/09
[California, Pre-IIW] OpenID Foundation Workshop Afternoon 10/09
[California Pre-IIW] VRM Day - theme VRM + AI? 10/09
[California, IIW] Internet Identity Workshop #37 10/10-12 ← Get tickets now!
[Online] Building a Next Generation DID and VC System with Hyperledger Indy/Aries 10/11
[Washington DC] Privacy Enhancing Technologies + Learner Controlled Verifiable Credentials Forum DXtera Institute 10/10
[Germany] Self Sovereign Identity at Eclipse: Why, What, and How? 10/17 Eclipse Con
[FIDO] Authenticate 2023 Conference 10/16-18
[London] Newspeak House & Identosphere Digital Identity Social with Kaliya Young 11/02 in the evening.
[Prague] IETF 118 11/04-10 - lots of identity standards activity happening in this venue now - Kaliya will be attending.
[EU] DIGITAL HORIZONS 360 Sponsorship Invitation. Hospitality Technology Innovation 02/20-21 Spain
New White Papers!
Standards-Based Digital Credentials: Flavors Explained + Infographic
Kaliya and Lucy have come out with a new white paper Standards-Based Digital Credentials: Flavors Explained + Infographic it builds on the Verifiable Credential Flavors Explained paper from 2021. It was funded by DHI, the investment fund of the Royal Government of Bhutan. The credential formats covered include ISO mDL, JSON-JWT, SD-JWT, JSON-DI. The info graphic also has AnonCreds and JSON-LD-BBS.
Human-Centric Digital Identity: for Government Officials 2023-09-25 Elizabeth Garber, Mark Haine
Kaliya was one of the main contributors. It builds upon the OECD’s recent Recommendations on the Governance of Digital Identity to recommend that government officials:
Ensure that Digital Identity Systems are designed to underpin, sustain, and promote Human Rights objectives, building upon fit-for-purpose Civil Registration and Legal Identity Systems.
Follow a Value-Sensitive Human-Centered Design (HCD) process.
Take a strategic approach that translates Value-Sensitive HCD into technology and institutional framework requirements.
Incentivize best practices in relation to security and privacy by design.
Engage in the maturation of Open Standards to support fit-for-purpose Digital Identity Ecosystems.
Development
[Presentation] Current Work and Future Trends in Selective Disclosure 2023-05-11
Mike Jones – Introductory remarks
Daniel Fett – SD-JWT
Kristina Yasuda – ISO mdoc
Tobias Looker – Zero-Knowledge Proofs and BBS
David Waite – JSON Web Proofs and JOSE
Building with Paradym: Issue and Verify University Course Credentials using Next.JS app 2023-09-28 Paradym
In this video, Jan shows you how to issue and verify education course credentials and integrating your web application with Paradym. He is building three workflows: 🪪 Register a course credential 🧑🎓 Issue a course certificate ✅ Verify a course completion demo website for Paradym workflows
Have you been watching #hacktoberfest and looking for something a bit more substantial to sink your teeth into? 2023-09-30 Ockam
Here are some gnarly issues for someone with existing Rust experience
[Playlist] Modern Identity powered by Azure Tech Mind Factory
a video series that discovers identity services in the Microsoft Azure cloud (Azure AD and Azure AD B2C, Microsoft Entra) and presents how to use them to secure access to cloud solutions and manage digital identities.
Wallets
SSI Wallets 2023-09-24 GimlyID
Trinsic, Esatus, LISSI, Gimly, Jolocom, SelfKey, Connect.me, IGrant, Gataca, Talao
SSI Wallets are one of the essential components that make self sovereign identity possible. An increasing number of SSI Wallet apps are being released, each with slightly differing feature sets. This post is intended as an evergreen overview and comparison of SSI Wallet apps. If we discover a new one, we'll add it here.
Digital ID Wallet: Comprehensive Guide 2023-09-25 Identity.com
Benefits of Digital ID Wallets
How Digital ID Wallets Work
Government-Issued Solutions
Technologies Enabling Digital ID Wallets
The Trust Factor in Digital Identity Wallets
Government
NIST Unveils Newly Named Human-Centered Cybersecurity Program 2023-09-28 NIST
Our multi-disciplinary team conducts research at the intersection of cybersecurity, human factors, cognitive science, and psychology. We seek to better understand and improve people’s interactions with cybersecurity systems, products, and services.
Nat Sakimura Speaks on OECD “Recommendations on the Governance of Digital Identity” Panel 2023-09-27 OpenID
OECD hosted a launch event on September 26, 2023 on the Recommendation on the Governance of Digital Identity, (note the session recordings at the bottom of the page) as adopted by the OECD Council in June 2023. The Recommendations guide its Adherents to develop and govern digital identity systems as digital public infrastructure. The launch event drew upon government officials in Japan, Brazil, Canada, India, and Italy, as well as experts from the OECD, UNDP, the EU Digital Identity Wallet Consortium (EWC) and the OpenID Foundation (OIDF) to comment on the Recommendations and the path ahead.
Human-Centric Digital Identity: for Government Officials 2023-09-25 Elizabeth Garber, Mark Haine
it builds upon the OECD’s recent Recommendations on the Governance of Digital Identity to recommend that government officials:
Ensure that Digital Identity Systems are designed to underpin, sustain, and promote Human Rights objectives, building upon fit-for-purpose Civil Registration and Legal Identity Systems.
Follow a Value-Sensitive Human-Centered Design (HCD) process.
Take a strategic approach that translates Value-Sensitive HCD into technology and institutional framework requirements.
Incentivize best practices in relation to security and privacy by design.
Engage in the maturation of Open Standards to support fit-for-purpose Digital Identity Ecosystems.
Trusted digital identity critical for New Zealand’s digital future 2023-09-26 DigitalIDNZ
In their recently released manifesto, the New Zealand digital identity ecosystem seeks to remind Government of the importance of digital identity as a way to revolutionise the lives of all New Zealanders by enabling them to fully participate in the digital economy safely and confidently.
Digital on Day 6 of UNGA78: A digital revolution for development DigWatch
In his speech, India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, emphasised the transformative role of digital public infrastructure and the democratisation of technology as national objectives. Jaishankar highlighted the importance of digitally-enabled governance and delivery.
Bhutan: His Excellency Tandi Dorji Minister for Foreign Affairs United Nations 2023-09-26
Bhutan shares SSI accomplishments at UNGA
Bhutan thus became the first country in the world to adopt a legal framework for implementing self-sovereign identity.
¡Hola Argentina! Buenos Aires Brings Digital Identity To Millions of Citizens 2023-09-28 ZKSync
Starting in October, Argentine citizens in Buenos Aires will be able to download a self-sovereign QuarkID wallet to claim birth and marriage certificates. Documents including proof of income and academic verification will be available to obtain by November.
Organization
Hyperledger in Action: A Sampling of Digital Identity Solutions Built with Hyperledger Technologies 2023-09-28 Hyperledger Foundation
In the last year, our very active and innovative developer community has expanded the project landscape with the addition of Hyperledger AnonCreds and a number of components in the Hyperledger Aries toolkit. And a number of businesses, governments and industry groups have introduced or advanced Hyperledger-powered digital identity solutions, including:
The Future of Trust in Professional Networks We Are Open CoOp
In 2017, We Are Open Co-op (WAO) presented groundbreaking ideas on building and credentialing ‘cooperative character’ at the Cooperative Education and Research Conference. Fast forward to today, and we find ourselves revisiting this concept, driven by three key developments
DIF Newsletter #35 2023-09-29
Activities during August and September included a presentation of did:plc by Bryan Newbold (BlueSky) and a discussion about did:web improvement proposals by Dmitri Zagidulin.
Sam Curren proposed a new work item, "did-method-enum", to express support for DID methods.
DIF attends conference on Next Generation Authentication 2023-09-27 DIF
The conference reflected growing interest in Decentralized Identity in Korea, with Decentralized Identifiers, Verifiable Credentials, eIDAS, Digital Wallets, Selective Disclosure and Multi-Sig Credentials among the topics presented and discussed.
Indicio Network Upgrades with Lynn Bendixsen 2023-09-21 Indicio
In this episode we are joined by Indicio Director of Security and Network Operations Lynn Bendixsen to discuss some important new upgrades to the Indicio Networks
Indicio Network Consortium
companies and organizations volunteer to run a copy of the ledger on a server that is under their authority. […] A distributed ledger is the essential element for building and supporting Trusted Digital Ecosystems.
Company Stories
[Report] EMPOWERING Companies and their Customers through Holistic Identity management Affinidi
&& Affinidi has a New Website!! &&
This IDC InfoBrief focuses on identity challenges in Singapore, India, and North America, offering guidance on holistic identity management. This approach empowers customers while ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations.
[French] Nicolas Lierman of MultiMinds about SSI Media Marketing News
Online, all of our activities are part of our identity, and without the data associated with it, we cannot build an optimal user experience.
Becoming a privacy-first company - 1: How we got here 2023-09-06 Multiminds
Becoming a privacy-first company - 2: Where we're going 2023-09-19 Multiminds
Privacy-first marketing is exactly what it sounds like: marketing, but with 3 key privacy principles baked in:
Use Cases
How to Avoid Hacks like the MGM Grand 2023-09-27 Indicio
For a brief summary, a group called Scattered Spider was believed to be using a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) made by BlackCat. RaaS is an ongoing issue, allowing even new and inexperienced would-be criminals access to sophisticated tools. What’s more interesting, however, is how they got in: a 10-minute call with IT.
[eIDAS, EUDI, Education] Building the future of education identity for inclusive lifelong learning 2023-09-27 Tangle Labs
These standards-based frameworks will be coming into effect in 2025 and provide a guideline for interoperability between different technology providers, to establish an EU wide ecosystem that can support reusable verifiable identity and credentials across borders.
Condatis and the NHS Digital Staff Passport Identity Foundation
Staff onboarding can take a long time in the NHS. There are hundreds of Trusts (local healthcare organizations) and senior staff have many credentials. Doctors were turning up with briefcases full of paper every time they needed to move to a new location.
[Youtube] The many uses for Verifiable Credentials with James Schulte 2023-09-28 Indicio Identity Insights
Learn about the many use cases for verifiable credentials across several different industries with Indicio VP of Business Development James Schulte
Revitalizing The Streaming Business Model with Token-Gating-as-a-Service (TGAAS) 2023-09-20 Magic Labs
Social Streaming:The rise of virtual 'watch parties' and Custom Token-Gated Communities allows viewers to engage with content collectively, providing a more personalized experience and enabling brands and influencers to connect intimately with their audience.
[Co-ops] #5: The One with The Future of Trust 2023-09-26 We are Open Coop
about using badges for recognition in professional networks, particularly in cooperative communities. We discuss three key developments: an interdisciplinary focus on our core priority areas, new partnerships with worker cooperatives, and technological advances in the Open Badges standard.
Web3 and SSI
Masca integrates with Polygon ID to enhance privacy and security of user’s identity 2023-09-29 Polygon ID
The main release (open beta) of MetaMask Snaps is already behind us, and with it, we quietly shipped one of the most anticipated features to date — support for Polygon ID. Let’s dive into what this brings to Masca’s users and the broader decentralized web ecosystem!
[Compliance] What is Vectis?
With cutting-edge security features, self-sovereign identity framework and user-friendly design, we are building to deliver a compliant, protective and inclusive gateway to access the internet.
[Hiring] Empeiria - professional digital identity
An open (web3) infrastructure platform where first-person data, ownership rights, and crypto payments are integrated into a seamless passwordless experience
DWeb
Ceramic & Ethereum Attestation Service: How to Use and Store Composable Attestations 2023-09-26 Kait Hobson
This blog post will explore the advantages of storing attestations on Ceramic and includes references to a new tutorial for storing off-chain attestations using EAS.
Introducing Our Recognition Program 2023-09-29 TBD Developers
This program is our way of expressing our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you. We know that our community thrives because of your dedication and contributions, and it's high time we recognize your amazing efforts.
Decentralized Web Node Companion Guide (DWN) 2023-05-19 Andor Kesselman
a supportive guide to the core spec guide. It is intended to make DWN’s more accessible for the general audience.
Improving the specifications on DWNs
Providing better tools for adoption both code and documentation
Better understanding of how the larger ecosystem interacts with DWNs.
[Video, Twitter] Debugging our first Web5 application 2023-09-29 TBDevs [H/T]
Every user has access to their own Decentralized Web Nodes (DWN) 2023-09-27 Rizel Scarlett
DWNs are personal data stores. You can store ANY data you want in the data store. There are built-in methods that enable you to perform CRUD (CREATE, READ, UPDATE, DELETE) operations to manage data in your DWN.
Identity NOT SSI
[Worldcoin] What is WorldCoin’s proof-of-personhood system? CSOOnline
[Worldcoin] Worldcoin’s Vision for the Future of Digital Identity, AI and UBI Data Driven Investor
[Aadhaar, India] Moody’s Concerns About India’s Aadhaar Biometric System Adda247
[Aadhaar, India] Indian govt fires back at Moody’s ‘sweeping assertions’ about Aadhaar biometrics Biometric Update
[India] Digital passports are not far away Dataquest
[AI] How the “Surveillance AI Pipeline” Literally Objectifies Human Beings 2023-09-28 404media
A preprint study covering 20,000 computer vision papers and patents over three decades shows “The Surveillance AI Pipeline,” and why the field needs more interdisciplinary studies. [...] “The studies presented in this paper ultimately reveal that the field of computer vision is not merely a neutral pursuit of knowledge; it is a foundational layer for a paradigm of surveillance,”
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