With identity being one of the most difficult and irritating challenges in today’s digital world, we're constantly asked to prove who we are online, whether it's creating accounts, accessing services, or making purchases. This usually involves giving up a lot of personal data to third parties. This ultimately leads to...
We are living in a time when your online existence is your existence. It’s not just how you bank, communicate and shop, it’s how you verify your identity. Have you ever stopped to really think about what a precarious position your digital “you” is in? I'm not talking about simple...
Remember when you actually owned your music? Way before Spotify started curating your life for you, even before Apple Music chose what you were going to be listening to. That liberty, that agency is returning – but this time, it’s over your identity. And Big Tech? They should be absolutely...
Imagine this: You're at a virtual concert, the digital crowd is roaring, the avatar of your favorite band takes the stage. Without warning, the music fades to black and is overtaken by a barrage of flashing advertisements for… dubious crypto hacks. Thousands of these identical avatars, most of them spam...
The digital landscape is going through a radical shift right now. As Rick Song, CEO of Persona told me, bots are on their way to becoming the largest threat to digital identity—overtaking even fraudsters. This transformation is driven by the increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread deployment...
Digital identity verification will fundamentally change the way conveyancing works in England and Wales. It pledges to cut costs and wait times while increasing safety for consumers. The initiative’s stated purpose is to fight impersonation fraud, a burgeoning threat in property transactions. The Land Registry has introduced new ID1 and...
Veza, the leader in identity security solutions, has made exciting new updates to its unified identity security platform. Today, it provides more muscular protection for non-human identities (NHIs) in increasingly hybrid, AI-fueled landscapes. Their improved platform provides unmatched visibility and control across all machine identities, filling a primary hole in...
The Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA) could become law in just a month’s time. This bill is a welcome sign of greater clarity in the UK government’s overall direction on digital identity and data management. The bill has answered seven fundamental questions as to whether the government is using...
Forewarn, an identity verification and risk assessment company. It’s helping New Jersey real estate agents by equipping them with robust tools to verify identities of clients and conduct property buyer criminal history checks. Forewarn, a subsidiary of the analytics company Red Violet, is shaking things up in the real estate...
Identity fraud in real estate is skyrocketing. We’re seeing companies like Clear and Forewarn lead the charge here in the US. Over in the UK, fraud is still omnipresent and often even unreported. In this context, digital ID is being positioned as the central solution. I’ll second that it’s a...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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