Phil Windley

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Summary: Interoperability is a fundamental property of tech systems that are generative and respect individual privacy and autonomy. In Health Passes and the Design of an Ecosystem of Ecosystems , I wrote about efforts to create interoperable health passes on principles that respect individual privacy and autonomy.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 10, 2020

Self-sovereign identity implies autonomy and inalienability. Self-sovereign identity defines the boundary in the digital space, gives tools to people and organizations so they can assert control—their autonomy, and defines the rules for how relationships are formed, authenticated, and used. But I've decided to embrace it.

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Phil Windley

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

To achieve digital embodiment we not only need a way to distinguish between the interior, where we have autonomy, and the exterior, where were must relate to others as peers, but we must be able to sense at that boundary and then use that information to take action. Self-sovereign identity implies autonomy and inalienability.

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Phil Windley

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The goals of Web3 include self-sovereignty (autonomy and independence) and censorship resistance. The goals are much more grand and include nothing less than a digital world that respects human dignity and autonomy. Tags: web3 ssi identity keri decentralized+identifiers. Decentralization isn't the goal.

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Phil Windley

MAY 24, 2022

I'm a big proponent of self-sovereign identity (SSI) precisely because I believe that autonomy and agency are a vital part of building a new web that works for everyone. Tags: web3 freedom agency ssi. Philosophy discussions are the black hole of identity. Once you get in, you can't get out. Nevertheless, I find that I'm drawn to them.

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Phil Windley

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Freeing ourselves from the mindset that digital systems can and should provide a single record that is "true" will lead to more autonomy and richer interactions. Tags: identity ssi relationships pseudonymity. I think this same idea applies to digital interactions generally.

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Phil Windley

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Tags: sovrin identity autonomy. But that changes when when people can use credentials from multiple issuers to prove things about themselves. Photo Credit: Passport Stamp from Max Pixel (CC0).

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Phil Windley

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Self-sovereignty is the only path to autonomy and agency. Tags: blogging flickr perl. Summary: The cloud is a fickle place that gives and takes. Sometime in 2011, I decided to use Flickr to host the images on my blog. And if they do, there are clear substitutes.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 20, 2019

Autonomy — Each of these administrative systems is built for the convenience of the organization who controls it. Current online identity systems significatly reduce individual freedom and autonomy. Flexibility — Closely related to the autonomy problem is one of flexibility. Protocols and standards enable this.

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Phil Windley

MARCH 25, 2020

Credentials based on Sovrin would protect individual privacy and autonomy while also ensuring credential fidelity. Tags: sovrin healthcare covid-19 credentials. Verifiable credentials present an alternative that meets the needs of the use cases Bill and Larry foresee without the attendant privacy and scaling problems.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 25, 2022

Summary: Open networks provide the means for increased freedom and autonomy as more of our lives move to the digital realm. Tags: ecommerce protocol ondc beckn vrm. ONDC is an experiment launching in India that is hoping to bring these benefits to shoppers and merchants. Don't ask me why. I'm not sure I can explain it.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 17, 2017

Rather, this is about personal autonomy and ultimately human rights. Our autonomy and freedom as humans depend on how we build the Internet of Things. Tags: identity decentralization sovrin protocol. I'm not arguing for an open Internet of Things because of perceived technical benefits. And I really mean "every thing."

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Phil Windley

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Self-sovereign identity (SSI) doesn't replace administrative identity systems, it give us another tool that enables better privacy, more flexible interactions, and increased autonomy. Tags: identity ssi tokens surveillance+capitalism relationships. They'll likely never see the patrol officer after the initial encounter.

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Phil Windley

JANUARY 26, 2021

While the control of self-certifying identifiers in the form of DIDs is the basis for the autonomy of the self-sovereign internet, that autonomy is made effective through the exchange of verifiable credentials. Interoperability supports substitutability, a key factor in autonomy and flexibility. Verifiable Credentials.

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I'm not lost, I'm wondering

APRIL 1, 2010

A key part of Pink’s argument is his defining of the three things that makes for meaningful work: Autonomy , the pursuit of Mastery , and Purpose. And yet… As our typical kids grow, the level of autonomy we grant – and that they demand – increases. Tags: Mastery.

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Phil Windley

JUNE 10, 2020

I'm hopeful that Sovrin and related technology will put an end to the platform era of the Internet by supporting greater, trustworthy autonomy for all participants. Tags: sovrin identity trust platform vrm. Photo Credit: BE024003 from Tullio Saba (Public Domain Mark 1.0).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Concerns around autonomy and choice aren’t given the same weight, says Clara Berridge, a professor at the University of Washington who studies health care technology in aging populations. Autonomy and privacy are super interlinked,” Berridge says. But they can’t be introduced without real consideration of older adults’ autonomy.

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Phil Windley

JANUARY 8, 2022

This changes the game in important ways that level the playing field and creates a new layer where applications can be built that naturally respect human dignity and autonomy. Tags: identity ssi web3 interoperability didcomm. That doesn't mean that non-interoperable and non-substitutable applications won't emerge.

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Phil Windley

JULY 13, 2022

The architecture of picos was a good fit for Customer Commons' objective to build a system promoting user autonomy and choice because picos provide better control over apps and data. Tags: picos kynetx fuse. Recent applications include a proof-of-concept system supporting intention-based ecommerce by Customer Commons.

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Phil Windley

DECEMBER 5, 2019

They do this important work because they care about an internet that respects human autonomy and dignity and are willing to sacrifice their time and effort to bring it into being. Tags: sovrin identity governance gdpr privacy i4a. I'm very grateful for the many volunteers who make up the SGF Working Group.

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I'm not lost, I'm wondering

JANUARY 21, 2010

He describes the three pillars of this instrinsic motivation: Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose. Tags: Books Life Mastery Work art of living choice Drive linchpin Work as Art. In his new book, Linchpin , author Seth Godin tells you that your happiness is entirely up to you. I choose art.

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I'm not lost, I'm wondering

MARCH 5, 2010

Autonomy - Mastery - Purpose. There is not a whole lot of autonomy, nor is there any long term purpose. As kids grow through adolescence they start to accept, and demand, more and more autonomy. Tags: Life Mastery parenting passion purpose. To decide what our kids should be interested in, what their purpose is.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 12, 2020

Decentralization enables autonomy and flexibility and to assure its independence from the influence of any single actor. The most vital value proposition of self-sovereign identity is autonomy—not being inside someone else's administrative system where they make the rules in a one sided way. Protocols and standards enable this.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

It’s a hefty price tag, equal to the base price for a luxury Tesla Model S. as the update is called, allows for more advanced autonomy and navigation features. After years of development, the company began leasing the machine to businesses last year , and, as of today, is now letting any US firm buy their very own Spot for $74,500.

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Vox

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Even if you, for argument’s sake, reduce fatalities by 90 percent with autonomy, the 10 percent that do die with autonomy are still gonna sue you,” Musk told Swisher at Code. Musk maintains that, despite the deaths, these cars are 10 times safer than regular cars. There’s some truth to that.

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Phil Windley

JUNE 19, 2019

I worry that Libra's financial inclusion might come with an attendent loss of privacy or autonomy. Photo Credit: Libra Digital from Public Domain Pictures (CC0) Tags: libra identity cryptocurrency facebook sovrin. Summary: Facebook has announced their Libra cryptocurrency. That's a good thing.

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Phil Windley

MARCH 30, 2020

Summary: Avoiding future identity catastrophes requires that we put technical and legal structures in place now to protect privacy and autonomy and provide censorship resistance. Tags: sovrin identity identity+for+all credentials privacy.

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Phil Windley

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Decentralized digital credential exchange gives people and organizations the freedom and autonomy to create authorization regimes that meet their particular needs. Furthermore, credential holders have autonomy and choice in whether to participate. Tags: sovrin credentials identity decentralization. But doing it online is novel.

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Phil Windley

MARCH 7, 2020

But privacy is foundational to personal autonomy. Tags: house climate+change. I've spent my career in the identity industry and there's a issue, privacy, where the discussion is much the same. I've long maintained that people won't pay for privacy, or will readily give up privacy for convenience. What to do?

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Phil Windley

MAY 18, 2021

Getting rid of politics requires putting everyone and everything in the centralized administrative system of the surveillance capitalist—making them subject to the dictates of the tyrant who has radical indifference to their autonomy, individuality, and humanity. Tags: identity surveillance+capitalism decentralization.

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Phil Windley

OCTOBER 23, 2018

This not only is a boon to identity owner privacy and autonomy, it also ensures that Sovrin can scale to trillions of relationships. Sovrin's trust model for verifiable claims has five important and desirable properties that all underscore its support for decentralization and personal autonomy: Credentials are decentralized and contextual.

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Phil Windley

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

But I'm interested in decentralized systems that protect human freedom and autonomy." Sovrin's trust model for verifiable claims has four important and desirable properties that all underscore its support for autonomy: Claims are decentralized and contextual —There is no central authority for all claims.

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I'm not lost, I'm wondering

JANUARY 1, 2010

It comes down to three basic things that people want and need for fulfillment and satisfaction: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Tags: Deliberate Practice Life Mastery Work ArtOfLiving Motivation passion. Or, as the title put its, what drives them. This chapter alone was worth the price of the book. All the rest is an excellent bonus.

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MAY 20, 2010

Repeated surveys in rich and poor countries alike, they claim, show that people appreciate both the autonomy and the breadth of opportunity that the model gives them. Tags: Crowdsourcing Future of business freelancer liveops odesk theeconomist. They fiercely reject claims that they are exploiting online workers.

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Phil Windley

JULY 16, 2020

SSI aims to establish integrity with the convenience of the federated model but without relying on an intervening IdP in order to provide autonomy and privacy. Autonomy and choice through peer relationships —Peer relationship give each party more autonomy than traditional administrative identity systems have provided.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The new features follow Boston Dynamics’ announcement last June that it was making the Spot Explorer robot available to any company that could afford its $74,500 price tag. The way Boston Dynamics describes it, today’s announcements are a response to the kinds of features Spot’s early buyers have been asking for.

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Phil Windley

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Sovrin embraced these principles to meet the needs of identity owners and protect their data, privacy, and autonomy. The public and open nature of Sovrin supports an unprecedented level of autonomy, privacy, security, and control by the people and organizations using Sovrin. Accountability. Identity for All. Collective Best Interest.

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