DIF adopts new work items to improve DIDs’ applicability and security
The Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) has announced two new initiatives – DID Traits and Trust DID Web – to enhance…
verifiable credentials
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Privado ID lands deal with telco giant Telefónica’s business unit
Privacy-focused digital identity platform Privado ID has sealed a deal with Telefónica Tech, the digital transformation business unit of one…
Chrome launches developer trial for digital ID, credentials API
An origin trial is beginning on Chrome to enable Android users to share digital IDs and selective requests of verifiable…
Buterin pitches airdrops as decentralized digital identity’s initial use case
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, shared on X about using blockchain-based digital identity and credential systems for airdropping tokens…
Travel far ahead on realizing benefits of biometrics and digital ID
By Alan Goode, CEO and Chief Analyst at Goode Intelligence Imagine an industry where you can book tickets, store them securely,…
DHS S&T, USCIS partner on digital credentials using open standards
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that…
DIF backs ‘Personhood Credentials’ to restore privacy to the net
The notion of digital credentials that prove not who someone is, but rather prove only that they are someone with…
Age assurance demand spurs technical specifications from euCONSENT, Spain
Across Europe there is increasing consensus on a need for effective age assurance methods for adult content and services online….
W3C issues new technical draft for verifiable credentials standards
The World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Verifiable Credentials Working Group this week issued its Candidate Recommendation Draft of specifications for the…
Dock
Dock’s Reusable Digital Identity platform enables companies to turn verified ID data into trusted Reusable Digital ID Credentials, instantly verify…
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