Venture builder in decentralised ID, privacy & AI. Advising @advailtd, @docknetwork & others. Prev @Evernym, @TeleSign, MXTelecom. Ultramarathons + cocktails.
London, UK
Joined December 2008
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James Monaghan 🆔+🏃♂️+🍸 retweeted
What is Billions?
You asked, Billions CEO @provenauthority answered ✅
Billions is the first human & AI network - built for trust and scale.
Watching @billions_ntwk with interest 👀
Congratulations to the @PrivadoID team 🔥
Launching the first global human and AI network, built with mobile-first, privacy-preserving tech.
🎭 Decentralisation Theatre? 🎭
Saying the quiet part out loud: “We’re so decentralised… but our root of trust? A file on the webserver.”
There’s been a quiet yet widespread acceptance of approaches like did:web and centralised trust lists in decentralised identity.
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On the other hand, if your goals require decentralised key management and trust minimisation, consider alternatives:
⛓️ Ledger-based DID methods that leverage decentralised public infrastructure.
🔑 Self-certifying identifiers that remove reliance on central registries.
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This is the way
New Zealand has left the door open to both W3C credentials and ISO mobile drivers license in their Digital Identity Trust Framework rules. Why? Various reasons, but one key reason: PRIVACY!
ISO mdl (18013-5) was just not built with privacy in mind, it does not provide unlikability, and its approved cryptographic methods do not support advanced zero knowledge proof capabilities. So what is a govt agency to do? Leave the door open and allow experimentation with both! (Yes I am talking to you European Commission policy makers for EUDI 😎 ).
Oh by the way, did you also know that the state of California DMV app is doing dual issuance with both ISO mdl and W3C credentials in their wallet? Want to try to guess why? 😉
Source:
dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/F… (page 8 of this doc)
It would be amazing if this scared the authorities into regulating private surveillance against all of us, not just government personnel, but hey - even that would be a start!
“Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany”
Yet another scandal about the giant RTB data breach (RTB explicitly highlighted in the article)
wired.com/story/phone-data-u…
Whoop whoop! @ComradesRace entry secured 🎉. Silver, I am coming for you 💪
I have considerable FOMO over the amazing conversations that will happen this week at @idworkshop #IIW, but Halloween is sacred in our family, so I’m going to be following along remotely instead! 🍁🎃📱🆔
I look forward to seeing the promised "safeguards providing a 'cast iron guarantee' on security" 🤔 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7j…
This is very cool. Agents need identity too!
@thinkshiv announces Auth for GenAI, which helps builders easily implement auth for GenAI apps 🙌 // #oktane24 @auth0 @okta
finance.yahoo.com/news/okta-…
Really cool to see @HSBC innovating in public with decentralised ID! It was great to be involved in a small way with this project. I hope it inspires others to jump in and build the future of portable, user-centric identity experiences 🚀
🏆 HSBC Trusted ID wins at the Red Dot Design Award!
Powered by Privado ID, HSBC is redefining the future of identity in banking with:
• Decentralized identity wallet
• Data security with zero-knowledge proofs
• Financial inclusion
Congrats to @benchodroff & the whole @HSBC team! 👏
red-dot.org/project/hsbc-tru…
I took some video during the excellent @RaceMaverick Chilterns #Ultra 50km back in July which I didn't get around to posting before I went away for the summer - check it out, #trailrunning fans youtu.be/PXukHV18GB0?si=fZ-n…