Phil Windley

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The job is in AWS Identity, and involves automated reasoning (formal methods). Tags: identity aws security formal+methods automated+reasoning. I've been dark for a few weeks. Things have been busy. I'm retiring from BYU (after 29 years, albeit with some interruptions) and starting a new job with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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The Verge

JULY 13, 2021

A few days ago, Tag Heuer posted a teaser for a Super Mario-themed watch. You might have assumed that a Swiss-made mechanical timepiece was in the works, but now the news is out: it’s actually a limited edition version of Tag’s Connected Wear OS smartwatch. with Mario, all in pixels.” (As

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Phil Windley

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Summary: This post is an excerpt from my upcoming book, Learning Digital Identity , which will be available January 2023. These registrations, from which our modern system of birth certificates springs, became the basis for personal identity and legal identity in a way that conflated these two concepts. Cogito, ergo sum.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Fundamentals like security, cost control, identity management, container sprawl, data management, and hardware refreshes remain key strategic areas for CIOs to deal with. Containers and certificates Privilege management depends on identity management, another area that demands continued attention. And that’s going to constantly change.”

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GeekWire

APRIL 18, 2023

Alaska Airlines’ new iPad-based bag tag stations will let passengers scan their boarding passes rather than manually enter codes. Airlines have increasingly been adopting facial recognition technology to confirm the identity of passengers. This is part of a broader trend in the industry. See this previous GeekWire story for more.)

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 9, 2021

For example, if I go the store and use cash to buy a coke there is no exchange of identity information. Even if I use a credit card it's rarely the case that the entire transaction happens under the administrative authority of the identity system inherent in the credit card. In real life, we do without identity systems for most things.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 28, 2023

My new book Learning Digital Identity from O'Reilly Media covers many of the topics in this post such as multi-factor authentication, authorization and access control, and identity policy development in depth. Photo Credit: Open Gate from aitoff (Pixabay License) Tags: zero+trust identity authorization authentication security

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Phil Windley

MAY 2, 2023

Summary: Last week's IIW was great with many high intensity discussions of identity by people from across the globe. We recently completed the 36 th Internet Identity Workshop. The energy was high and I enjoyed seeing so many people who are working on identity talking with each other and sharing their ideas.

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Phil Windley

MAY 24, 2022

Philosophy discussions are the black hole of identity. 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. We must get the identity side of the equation right before we continue with the money side of the equation.

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Phil Windley

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As Jamie points out: "Digital identity [is how we] prove who we are to others."​ This statement is particularly resonant as we consider not just the role of digital identities in enhancing personal agents, but also their crucial function in asserting ownership of our creations in an AI-dominated landscape.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As part of it, the company will stop using facial recognition algorithms to tag people in photographs and videos, and it will delete the facial recognition templates that it uses for identification. Facebook previously restricted facial recognition to an opt-in feature in 2019.

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Phil Windley

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Even so, Kim Cameron's Seven Laws of Identity speaks for consistent user experience in Law 7: Consistent Experience Across Contexts. Kim says: The unifying identity metasystem must guarantee its users a simple, consistent experience while enabling separation of contexts through multiple operators and technologies. It's maddening.

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Phil Windley

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Summary: Identity finds its way into everything—even toothbrushes. The toothbrush heads have a unique identity that the toothbrush recognizes. This identity is not only used to signal head replacement, but also to put the toothbrush into different modes based on the type of head installed.

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The Verge

JANUARY 19, 2021

The 870, on the other hand, is virtually identical to the 865 and 865 Plus, with the same design right down to the Kryo 585 CPU and Adreno 650 GPU cores. To be clear, the 870 isn’t a new next-gen design — that title goes to the Snapdragon 888, which makes far more substantial improvements in performance and new features.

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Phil Windley

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

And if you wanted to buy beer, the company would have to proof the identity of the person to ensure they're over 21. They don't have to maintain federation relationships with numerous identity providers. Tags: identity ssi zero+trust zero+data authorization verifiable+credentials

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Phil Windley

MARCH 1, 2023

Still we can look at the direction in which digital identity is evolving to get an idea what's coming—even if we can't predict the timing. The last chapter of my new book, Learning Digital Identity , makes a case that there is an existing identity metasystem that I label the Social Login (SL) metasystem. And became Sybill.

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Phil Windley

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In IRS Using Facial Scanning , I reported on the IRS’s move to use the identity proofing and authentication services from ID.me One of the controversial aspects of ID.me’s service is an identity proofing service that matches a selfie to the uploaded picture of a government credential. for logging into their online services.

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Phil Windley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

One of the big value propositions of an identity metasystem is that many of these questions can be answered once for the metasystem rather than answering them for each identity system built on top of it. Credential exchange on the identity metasystem: Reveals the identifier of the issuer.

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Phil Windley

APRIL 4, 2024

Because of this we are forced to play by the rules organizations online who are digitally embodied with servers, identity systems, customer management systems, and so on. I talk about this in more detail in Chapter 17 of Learning Digital Identity when I discuss authentic digital relationships. What's the answer? People need tools.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Google’s Threat Analysis Group discovered a “financially motivated” bad actor is gaming the system in a key area of authentication: "Code signatures on Windows executables provide guarantees about the integrity of a signed executable, as well as information about the identity of the signer.". 509 certificate.”.

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Phil Windley

MAY 30, 2022

I wouldn't have started Internet Identity Workshop or been the Executive Producer of IT Conversations. And, of course, I've written a bit (402 posts so far, almost 10% of the total) on identity. Tags: blogging. I wouldn't have written my first book if Doug Kaye , another blogging friend, hadn't suggested it.

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Phil Windley

JANUARY 25, 2022

Summary: The IRS will use ID.me's authentication and identity proofing service exclusively starting sometime this summer. The identity proofing portion employs facial scanning by a third party, causing some concern. is an identity proofing and authentication company that seems to be getting a lot of government contracts.

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Phil Windley

JANUARY 16, 2018

Identity in real life is much richer than online identity, flexibly and conveniently solving all kinds of thorny problems. Now with Sovrin, we can bring those rich identity transactions online. Here's the abstract: Digital identity is one of the oldest and hardest problems on the Internet. This is finally changing.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 26, 2020

There is, in fact, a strong environmental case for not including superfluous chargers with new phones, especially if the chargers are identical to the dozens of others most people already have.

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Phil Windley

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In fact, self-sovereign identity is squarely aimed creating a model where people can bring to bear evidence from trusted parties to any interaction. From time to time, I run across the idea that self-sovereign identity (SSI) systems like Sovrin are necessarily self-asserted. This is not easy to do online using current identity systems.

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Phil Windley

MAY 6, 2019

Last week was the 28th semi-annual Internet Identity Workshop (IIW). There were 129 session conducted by people from all over the world and about many different aspects of identity. One thing that stood out to me is the impact self-sovereign identity is having. wallet and the Onfido identity verification service.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

If a verified user changes their display name or bio to mislead people on their true identity, Twitter could pull their badge. If you’d rather tweet your feedback, Twitter asks that you tag #VerificationFeedback in the tweets. Twitter also announced new draft rules explaining when a verification badge could be taken away.

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Phil Windley

JUNE 19, 2019

Sovrin Foundation, on the other hand, is NOT an industry association because we want Sovrin to support Identity for All, rather than identity in the service of a few large companies. The Libra Whitepaper includes this paragraph: An additional goal of the association is to develop and promote an open identity standard.

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Phil Windley

JANUARY 20, 2023

While I appreciate the sentiment, I think reality is much more nuanced than that because identity management is about relationships, not identities (whatever those are). In self-sovereign identity (SSI), the tools that support that are wallets and agents. For people, these will be personal.

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Phil Windley

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Summary: Self-sovereign identity must be the foundation of Web3 because it is the means for framing ourselves in the digital world and taking action with our peers. This idea that we have an interior and exterior is essential to our sense of self—our self-perceived identity. Self sovereignty is more than a concept.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 17, 2017

Summary: We cannot decentralize many interesting systems without also decentralizing the identity systems upon which they rely. We're finally in a position to create truly decentralized systems for digital identity. Most interesting systems have an identity component. The problem with decentralized identity is even more acute.

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Phil Windley

JULY 5, 2021

But what if, in some future world, the root certificate authority of the identity documents I use for banking, shopping, travel, and a host of other things decides to revoke my identity for some reason? Tags: identity ssi didcomm ssiot. I wrote: If Fitbit decides to revoke my account, I will probably survive.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

This includes new AI features to enhance compressed music, the ability to connect to multiple devices at once, and a $348 price tag, via Android Police.

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Galido

APRIL 2, 2019

A unique designed logo sets a lasting impression on the customer and it works as a tag for your company. To make the name of your brand, its identity, prominence, and recognition product quality, and delivery is as important as a unique logo is. Brand Identity. Logos are an effective tool to create your brand identity.

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Kitaboo

MARCH 21, 2024

These platforms provide a cost-effective means to tailor your eReader application to your brand’s identity, such as your logo, motto, colors, and overall design. This move reinforces your brand identity and creates a seamless brand experience for your readers. to the search bar on your eReader app.

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Phil Windley

MAY 11, 2021

Serendipitously, Manny came across self-sovereign identity (SSI) at the same time and, as I said, spoke at the launch of Sovrin Foundation. There were three primary problems that this solves: Patient Safety - Verifying the identity and skills of temporary and permanent clinical staff. Time and cost to onboard healthcare staff.

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Phil Windley

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

First a few definitions: Sovrin Foundation —The Sovrin Foundation is an international non-profit organization supporting self-sovereign identity through a global, decentralized network. Even though Sovrin is only a few years old, this ecosystem is making great progress toward making self-sovereign identity a reality.

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