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The Digital Wallet Progressed but lots more questions need answering..
So, I decided to leave penning a retrospect for 36 hours after the end of the SPRIND meeting in Berlin on Wednesday…… I was left with...
Jon Shamah
Dec 13, 20242 min read
Another attempt for UK Digital Identity
Yet another attempt to circumvent the very real but misguided aversion in the UK for digital identities has been announced. Lets hope...
Jon Shamah
Dec 5, 20241 min read
Banks, Digital Identity Wallets and Profits
I just wonder about the finance industry and its relationship to identity and digital identity wallets. I was on a panel at an identity...
Jon Shamah
Dec 3, 20241 min read
Building State and Public Support for Real Digital Identity Wallets
It is undeniable that there is a growing momentum within the technical community. I am personally part of that excitement. We all...
Jon Shamah
Nov 20, 20242 min read
The 7 Security Challenges of the EUDI Wallet Reference Implementation
LiNe 6.5.24, 7.5.24, 10.5.24, 13.5.24, 14.5.24, 15.5.24, 19.9.24 Introduction A reference implementation of the EUDI Wallet was recently...
Jon Shamah
Oct 28, 20243 min read
Moving Digital Identity Wallets into the next phase.....
The EU Digital Identity Wallets Forum by the Global Trust Foundation is less than one month away, Berlin, October 9th, and my mind turns...
Petar Chardakov
Sep 12, 20243 min read
“If You Say It Enough Times....”
“According to recent research, nearly 40% of tasks performed by public-sector workers could be at least partially automated using a...
Jon Shamah
Jul 17, 20242 min read
The Slippery Slope of GDPR Compliance
A colleague of mine recently attended a major festival in the UK, and she was given the traditional wristband for access to various...
Jon Shamah
Jul 4, 20242 min read
Digital Identity Wallets - Maybe Good News for Criminals!
It is much easier to hack people than to hack systems. With AI criminals have acquired an enormously powerful tool to deceive the eID owners
John Erik Setsaas
May 21, 20244 min read
The Ten Commandments of Digital Identity Wallets
What makes an ideal Digital Identity Wallet? Moses holding the ultimate ‘’Digital Identity Wallet’’ upgrade We all know the benefits of...
Jon Shamah
May 10, 20245 min read
"Who Does What?" on the Internet
AACIM -A proposed universal layer of the Internet, protecting authentication, access control and identity management Nowadays, it is...
jshamah
Mar 13, 20244 min read
Privacy-by-Design Guidelines
When accessing a website, the issue of cookies and GDPR compliance always leaves me confused and concerned. I am never sure what is...
jshamah
Feb 26, 20241 min read
AI-Assisted Digital Identity Wallets
How can Digital Identity Wallets become truly transformative? How can they aid average citizens to fundamentally improve how they...
jshamah
Feb 19, 20241 min read
On the Internet – Woof! Woof!
On the Internet, nobody knows you are a dog!” …..or “On the Internet, nobody cares you are a dog!” …..or “On the Internet, nobody knows...
jshamah
Feb 5, 20242 min read
Sovereignty in the Digital Age
We all talk about data sovereignty nowadays, but what does it really mean ? Paul Timmers authored this recently and I felt that I really...
jshamah
Jan 25, 20243 min read
Misinformation is King !
As the English saying goes: “If you say it enough times someone will start to believe you”
Jon Shamah
Nov 29, 20232 min read
eGovernment: Do we need to have a radical technology rethink before it is too late?
Libor Neumann is well known in the Trust community as a radical and deep thinker on authentication and security. He has kindly given us...
jshamah
Sep 11, 20232 min read
The Two Real Digital Identity Wallet Deal-Breakers…
The problem with eIDAS 1 was the lack of confidence of the EU in itself. By initially limiting the regulation to citizen-government...
jshamah
Aug 22, 20233 min read
Towards Secure and Decentralized eGovernance Services using IPFS
My friends over at the GLASS H2020 project have published an interesting paper on IPFS, which I think should be shared. Here is some...
jshamah
Aug 2, 20231 min read
Keeping a broad view
I always find it comforting to keep within my own area of specialism at conferences. Otherwise I usually get bored very quickly and my...
jshamah
Jul 14, 20231 min read
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