by Darrell O'Donnell | Nov 21, 2018 | Digital Identity, Digital Wallet, Privacy by Design, Self Sovereign Identity, Sovrin, Standards, Verifiable Credentials
In order to “trust” the various credentials that end up in a wallet we need to be able to know that the Issuer of the credential is trusted in the first place. Every credential is created by an Issuer – so knowing how that Issuer’s authority is established is...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Nov 19, 2018 | Digital Identity, Digital Wallet, Self Sovereign Identity, Sovrin
I’m working with a few Canadian leaders on a large report that is aimed at describing the current state of Digital Wallets, particularly wallets that are more about digital identity and credentials – as opposed to crypto wallets. One concept that is clear is that we...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Nov 7, 2018 | Blockchain, Digital Identity, General Thoughts and Rambles, Self Sovereign Identity, Sovrin, Standards
I’m working with a few Canadian leaders on a large report that is aimed at describing the current state of Digital Wallets, particularly wallets that are more about digital identity and credentials – as opposed to crypto wallets. One concept that is clear...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Apr 29, 2018 | GDPR, General Thoughts and Rambles, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Self Sovereign Identity, Sovrin
I am sceptical that the “benefits” that most of us are using about self-sovereign identity (SSI) are going to change the world. I really don’t believe that they make much of a difference to people and organizations. I believe that self-serving...
by Darrell O'Donnell | Apr 20, 2018 | Digital Identity, GDPR, Privacy by Design, Sovrin, Standards
GDPR and Sovrin – Sensitive Data Elements GDPR is getting everyone’s attention from the C-Suite, through legal, and into engineering. But the discussions that I have been observing are largely about theory and not about practical steps that can be taken....
by Darrell O'Donnell | Jan 29, 2018 | Blockchain, Digital Identity, Self Sovereign Identity, Sovrin
I was reading an article by Robert Hackett (@rhhackett) and saw that Esther Dyson appeared to come down pretty hard on the idea of self-sovereign identity at the World Economic Forum this past week. In Robert’s article, Bitcoin and Blockchains in Davos,...
