This post is the preamble of a 5-part series called The Great Untangling. The following four posts have already been published and are li...
Weird netizens — Open Indie
It's been a year since I wrote about Weird web pages as a prospective catalyst for the reclamation of my digital identity. There's been s...
The Everything Account - augment
I’ve been thinking a lot about our accounts lately. We all have an ever-growing pile of digital identities scattered across the web, many forgotten after a b…
IIW – Internet Identity Workshop
The Internet Identity Workshop — where the identity community meets to discuss and advance digital identity.
Indie social sign-in could go mainstream — Open Indie
Back in June I wrote about an exciting confluence of digital auth tech: ### Social sign-in for indies The focal point of Weird Net...
The Digital Identity Event Horizon
A five year investigation into digital identity and its central role in creating brittle societies.
The Mask-Off Moment for Digital Identity
Our 18-month investigation reveals how digital identity systems create brittle societies. This foreword traces eight case studies that demonstrate the catastrophic failures of digital identity across Estonia, the US, Israel, Ukraine, and beyond.
The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity
Today I head out to a month-long series of events associated with identity: I’m starting with the 22st (!) Internet Identity Workshop next week; then I’...
The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity
Today I head out to a month-long series of events associated with identity: I’m starting with the 22st (!) Internet Identity Workshop next week; then I’...
Weird web pages — Open Indie
The Great Untangling: Part 3 – Materializing the web from first principles. Right now I use GitHub as my go-to profile page: github.com/...
Human identity: the number one challenge in computer science
If the modern ‘problem of identity’ was how to construct an identity and keep it solid and stable, the postmodern ‘problem of identity’ is primarily how to avoid fixation and keep the options open. (Bauman 2011)
Decentralized Identity | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Revisiting Keyed-Verification Anonymous Credentials
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Meeting notes april 1st, 2025
Quick catch up with [[Sam Gbafa]], founder of [[TinyCloud]], who I've worked with hacking on various local first / user owned data / identity stuff for a whi...
Rebrand — Stellar visual identity inspiration
Rebrand is a collection of the best new design systems, visual identity introductions and rebrand videos. We curate breathtaking videos that capture new brand identities.
