Archive for May 2021

5 entries

Comparing X.509 Certificates with SSI

Thu May 27 09:00:00 2021

X.509 certificates have been around for 40 years and have proven to be a trustworthy means of exchanging data. So, what are the differences between X.509 ceritificates and SSI? And what are the advantages of each?
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Life-Like Anonymity and the Poison Web

Tue May 25 08:17:00 2021

Natural anonymity comes from our ability to recognize others without the aid of an external identity system. Online interactions will only be able to mirror life-like anonymity when we can use decentralized identity systems that don't force all interactions to be under the purview of centralized, administrative identity systems.
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Can the Digital Future Be Our Home?

Tue May 18 14:36:00 2021

This post features three fantastic books from three great, but quite different, authors on the subject of Big Tech, surveillance capitalism, and what's to be done about it.
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Building an SSI Ecosystem: Digital Staff Passports at the NHS

Tue May 11 10:55:00 2021

How does a functioning credential ecosystem get started? This post goes deep on Manny Nijjar’s work to create a program for using digital staff passports in the sprawling UK NHS bureaucracy.
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Decentralized System in a Box

Tue May 4 14:53:00 2021

I’ve been a beekeeper for many years. I love the honey, but I love watching the bees even more. They are a fascinating example of a natural, decentralized system.
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