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Point of View: Digital Identity and Privacy
In its 2017 point of view, Omidyar Network shares its thoughts on how the organization defines digital identity, why digital identity is necessary, and its view on how digital identity can lead to empowerment.
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7 Myths of Self-Sovereign Identity
This blog by Evernym CEO Timothy Ruff is the beginning of his two-part explainer on righting the misconceptions around self-sovereign identity, the idea at the heart of Everynm's identity platform.
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The Nail Finds a Hammer
In this excellent report released last fall, New America maps out ID principles and looks hard at self-sovereign identity, design principles and property rights in the developing world.
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Launching Good ID Dialogues
In this blog post for Omidyar Network, investment partner and Digital Identity lead CV Madhukar sets out the organization's initial hopes for sparking a global dialogue on identity in our digital age.
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The Difference Between Digital Identity, Identification, and ID
Caribou Digital's Jonathan Donner unpacks the nuances of these three related, but critically separate, terms.
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Why over one billion people lack identity (and what can be done about it)
Scott Reid from iRespond argues individual identity is a fundamental human right, and yet it’s a stark reality that over a billion people lack any recognized form of identity.
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Personal Data is Akin to Your Body
Natalie Smolenski from Learning Machine talks about self-sovereign identity, the potential of blockchain - good and bad - and the future role of digital ID.
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A Tapestry of Credentials: How Self-Sovereign Identity Can Unlock Property Rights for Billions
New America's Yuliya Panfil and Christopher Mellon - authors of The Credential Highway report - discuss self-sovereign identity, property rights and using data for good.
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Good Identity Lives In Between
Philip Sheldrake, chartered engineer and budding web scientist working with the AKASHA Foundation, posits why identities, relationships and information prop each other up to help Good ID exist "in between."
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Identity Hubs as Personal Datastores
This blog post by Alex Simons announces Microsoft’s intent to contribute code to the Decentralized Identity Foundation Identity Hub’s open source reference implementation.
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