Archive for Apr 2025

11 entries

What IIW Participants Value Most

Wed Apr 23 17:24:00 2025

Attendees at Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) value it for its strong sense of community, open collaboration, and participant-driven unconference format. They highlight the opportunity to connect with peers and industry leaders while exploring the latest developments in digital identity. Many see IIW as a unique space where meaningful progress is made on standards, technologies, and shared ideas.
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Internet Identity Workshop XL Report

Fri Apr 18 16:27:00 2025

IIW XL brought together over 300 participants from 27 countries, highlighting the growing global momentum behind decentralized identity, digital wallets, and agent-based architectures.
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Why Do Policy Languages Feel So Hard?

Tue Apr 15 11:41:00 2025

Policy languages can feel intimidating due to unfamiliar syntax, poor tooling, and the high stakes of getting access control wrong. But once understood, they simplify application logic and make security more reliable and maintainable.
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Establishing First Person Digital Trust

Thu Apr 10 11:48:00 2025

Key signing parties attempted to establish decentralized trust but they ultimately failed due to poor usability, lack of incentives, and shallow trust models. Verifiable Relationship Credentials (VRCs) provide a modern, peer-to-peer approach that enables actionable, contextual trust built on decentralized identifiers, and secure messaging. First-person identity emerges from direct connections that form relationships, mutual authentication, and portable, verifiable trust.
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Establishing First Person Digital Trust

Thu Apr 10 11:48:00 2025

Key signing parties attempted to establish decentralized trust but they ultimately failed due to poor usability, lack of incentives, and shallow trust models. Verifiable Relationship Credentials (VRCs) provide a modern, peer-to-peer approach that enables actionable, contextual trust built on decentralized identifiers, and secure messaging. First-person identity emerges from direct connections that form relationships, mutual authentication, and portable, verifiable trust.
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First Person Identity

Mon Apr 7 16:43:00 2025

Listening to Drummond Reed at VRM Day, I was struck by how “first person”—a term that resonates more intuitively than “self-sovereign”—captures the essence of empowering individuals to build digital relationships rooted in personal agency, without intermediaries.
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Long Live RSS

Mon Apr 7 16:31:00 2025

I've stopped using social media apps as much and have started using RSS again. I'm wasting less time scrolling past stuff I don't care about and more time reading things I enjoy. Try it.
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First Person Identity

Mon Apr 7 16:43:00 2025

Listening to Drummond Reed at VRM Day, I was struck by how “first person”—a term that resonates more intuitively than “self-sovereign”—captures the essence of empowering individuals to build digital relationships rooted in personal agency, without intermediaries.
Continue reading...

Long Live RSS

Mon Apr 7 16:31:00 2025

I've stopped using social media apps as much and have started using RSS again. I'm wasting less time scrolling past stuff I don't care about and more time reading things I enjoy. Try it.
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Zero Trust, Least Privilege, and Just-in-Time Access

Wed Apr 2 13:39:00 2025

When dynamic access control with JIT access is thoughtfully implemented, you shift the burden of security from employees to systems that automate protection, making it proactive and intelligent.
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Zero Trust, Least Privilege, and Just-in-Time Access

Wed Apr 2 13:39:00 2025

When dynamic access control with JIT access is thoughtfully implemented, you shift the burden of security from employees to systems that automate protection, making it proactive and intelligent.
Continue reading...