Phil Windley

DECEMBER 2, 2020

I've been contemplating a self-sovereign internet of things (SSIoT) for over a decade. An SSIoT is the only architecture which frees us from what I've called the CompuServe of Things. Unlike the CompuServe of Things, the SSIoT 1 supports rich, peer-to-peer relationships between people, things, and their manufacturers.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 3, 2021

Tags: ssiot iot picos. I primarily use it as a personal inventory system. Photo Credit: Spimes Not Things. Creating A Design Manifesto For A Sustainable Internet of Things from Michael Stead, Paul Coulton & Joseph Lindley (Fair Use).

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Phil Windley

JULY 5, 2021

Tags: identity ssi didcomm ssiot. Alternate architectures can give us all the benefits of connected devices without the specter of Big Tech intermediating every aspect of our lives. Photo Credit: modem and phone from Bryan Alexander (CC BY 2.0).

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Phil Windley

JUNE 14, 2021

Tags: ssi identity didcomm ssiot. With all that, I believe the possibilities for the self-sovereign internet are even larger, promising a more secure and private, albeit no less useful, internet for tomorrow. DIDComm may turn out to be the most important part of self-sovereign identity.

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Phil Windley

APRIL 25, 2022

The alternative is what I call the self-sovereign IoT (SSIoT) model : Self-Sovereign IoT Model (click to enlarge). Like the private-cloud model, in the SSIoT model, you also: Buy the device. The difference lies elsewhere: in SSIoT, your device, the data about you, and the service are all under your control. Download an app.

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Phil Windley

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The self-sovereign internet of things (SSIoT) relies on the DID-based relationships that SSI provides, and their support for standardized protocols running over DIDComm , to create an internet of things that is much richer, secure, and privacy respecting than the CompuServe of Things we're being offered today. Why a vehicle?

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Phil Windley

JULY 26, 2021

Picos are a natural building block for the self-sovereign internet of things (SSIoT) and can easily model necessary IoT relationship. Tags: picos iot programming decentralization fuse ssiot. We built a connected car platform called Fuse to prove this model works ( read more about Fuse ).

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