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UK Government to Implement Passkey Technology for Enhanced Digital Security

UK Government to Implement Passkey Technology for Enhanced Digital Security

• Digital ID

The UK government is set to introduce passkey technology for accessing its digital services later this year, replacing the current SMS-based verification system. The motivation for this transition has been to increase security, strengthen user experience, and achieve increased operational efficiency. Passkeys, unique digital keys tied to specific devices like...

Verifiable Credentials Poised to Unlock Reusable Digital Identity

Verifiable Credentials Poised to Unlock Reusable Digital Identity

• Digital ID

Reusable digital identity solutions are picking up steam, with verifiable credentials becoming a central technology to tackle today’s challenges and more. Dock Labs has hands on experience working with the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF). They’re working on other solutions, including Truvera, to address these challenges. The user-held digital identity market...

Reusable Digital ID's Tipping Point? Enterprise IAM Holds the Key

Reusable Digital ID's Tipping Point? Enterprise IAM Holds the Key

• Callout

For too long, we’ve dreamed of the day when we finally had a completely reusable, portable digital identity. It has continued to dangle in front of us like a carrot on a stick. We're told it's the future: seamless online experiences, effortless access to services, and greater control over our...

AI vs. Passwords: Will Artificial Intelligence Kill Off Passwords?

AI vs. Passwords: Will Artificial Intelligence Kill Off Passwords?

• Writer's Block

The digital landscape is an ever-changing world, and so too are the ways we can arm ourselves to safeguard our online identities. For decades, passwords have been the bedrock of online security, but they’re growing more laborious and insecure by the minute. Enter artificial intelligence (AI), which is set to...

84% Hacked Via SMS OTP? The Shocking Truth Big Tech Won't Tell You

84% Hacked Via SMS OTP? The Shocking Truth Big Tech Won't Tell You

• Callout

Remember the old Irish tales of changelings? Faerie changelings and exchanging a healthy babe for a weakly one, abandoning families unwittingly rearing a changeling of the cryptids. We scoff, call it superstition. What if I were to tell you that the same transformational experience is happening today—in your bank account,...

7 Reasons AI Replacing Passwords Could Be a Privacy Nightmare

7 Reasons AI Replacing Passwords Could Be a Privacy Nightmare

• Callout

The password is dying. Good riddance, right? We’ve all been there – staring blankly at a password reset screen for the tenth time this month, cursing the day complexity requirements were invented. That vision of a passwordless utopia, propelled by AI’s boundless capabilities, is all too tempting. In fact, tech...

SMS OTP is Dead: 3 Killer Flaws Destroying Your Digital Security

SMS OTP is Dead: 3 Killer Flaws Destroying Your Digital Security

• Callout

Let's be blunt: if you're still relying on SMS OTP for anything important – banking, crypto wallets, even your email – you're playing a dangerous game. It’s as bad as locking Fort Knox with a Happy Meal lock. They’ve created the illusion of security, but the truth is actually scary....

7 Password Security Myths Debunked by Blockchain's Rise

7 Password Security Myths Debunked by Blockchain's Rise

• Callout

Let's be honest. When you hear "blockchain," do you picture a tech bro’s get-rich-quick scheme or some impenetrable digital fortress only understood by computer scientists? I get it. Irish roots or not, skepticism is built into my DNA. After all, we’re a nation of storytellers, and we can smell a...

7 Ways AI Identity Verification Can Save Your Digital Soul

7 Ways AI Identity Verification Can Save Your Digital Soul

• Callout

Remember that sinking feeling? The one that claws at your gut when you realize your bank account has been drained, a loan taken out in your name, or your identity stolen? It’s a crime, a virtual assault that robs you of your dignity and makes you feel ashamed and afraid....

authID & TechDemocracy: 3 Reasons Why Passwordless is Inevitable

authID & TechDemocracy: 3 Reasons Why Passwordless is Inevitable

• Callout

Let's face it: passwords are a plague. A digital gremlin ever-present, always ready to ask, “Are you sure that’s the one you want to use? We’ve all been there in that moment of aggravation. We end up ineffectively looking up solutions ourselves and landing on a login screen, hoping we...

Further Reading

5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Remember the early days of the internet? Wild West, right? That’s how DeFi seemed just a few years ago. “Rug pulls” started entering the broader crypto lexicon. That’s starting to change and for the better. We know regulation can be a buzzkill but it’s the only way to find out...

5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol opened the doors to its fast and secure decentralized ID service on June 26. The H token saw its value explode following a successful “Fairdrop” to early users and supporters. The H token, meanwhile, has seen a 40% price surge over the last 24 hours. The flood, of...

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

The crypto world loves a good narrative, and Humanity Protocol's H token is dripping with one: a fairdrop revolution. Yet the promise is unmistakable. We will fight to reclaim airdrops from the arms of the bot armies and restore them to actual, live human beings. The method? Palm scans. Yes,...

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

A billion-dollar valuation for the ability to palm scan? No joke. While everyone’s chasing the next crypto unicorn, I can’t shake the feeling we're blindly galloping towards a future where our bodies are the ultimate key – and the ultimate target. Humanity Protocol’s H token has skyrocketed, partially fueled by...

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

It’s that same sort of exuberance you felt when you first heard about the metaverse. The fulfillment of digital utopia, being in touch with everyone on planet Earth through expansive online metaverses, creating prosperous virtual societies? It sounded revolutionary. Now, look at Horizon Worlds. Clunky avatars, digital tumbleweeds, and a...

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Zuckerberg wants AGI. Personal superintelligence, he calls it. An AI that essentially runs your life. Sounds convenient, right? Maybe. But let's be brutally honest: entrusting the keys to your existence to a single, centralized entity – especially one with Zuckerberg's track record – is a recipe for disaster. Well, it’s...

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play

Just as Mark Zuckerberg made headlines with a big pivot to the now overly-hyped Metaverse, he’s undertaking another big pivot. He’s recently been exploring the thrilling worlds of AI and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). After the hype and billions of dollars, Meta’s Metaverse projects—especially Horizon Worlds—have found difficulty in attracting...

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play

POAP NFTs: Your Digital Ticket to Collectible Memories

Calloutcoin.com aspires to remain at the forefront of the rapidly evolving marketplace of blockchain and crypto. We provide rigorous research on NFT standards, metaverse technology, digital identity solutions and the most recent DeFi innovations. Today, it's time to dive into Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP) NFTs, a unique way to...

POAP NFTs: Your Digital Ticket to Collectible Memories