Increasingly, big data is invading consumers' lives. It affects consumers' privacy as the web has become such a centralised platform. When you have centralised organisations collecting so much consumer data and using it to offer personalised advertising to their users, it causes problems. As Jonathan Taplin discussed in his book Move Fast and Break Things, organisations that … [Read more...] about The 5P’s of a Self-Sovereign Identity
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Why the Current Cambridge Analytica / Facebook Scandal Requires us to Rethink Social Media
It is an outrageous scandal that we should not accept. Even if your Facebook profile has not been obtained by Cambridge Analytica, we should not accept such a massive breach of privacy, and those responsible should be held accountable. Those valuing their privacy should think carefully about their usage of Facebook. For those unaware of Cambridge Analytica, it is a data mining … [Read more...] about Why the Current Cambridge Analytica / Facebook Scandal Requires us to Rethink Social Media
Digital Identity: 5 Trends & 12 Startups to Watch in 2017
Digital identity technology has become an important and hot topic nowadays. Moreover, it became one of the most significant technology trends. 2017 will see further consumerization of security, with high demand from users seeking to open doors, and log-in to cloud-based resources, as well as have personalized on-demand printing of documents, and other daily activities using … [Read more...] about Digital Identity: 5 Trends & 12 Startups to Watch in 2017
How to Solve a Global Identity Crisis Using Blockchain and Propel identity into the 21st Century
Our identity system is hopelessly outdated. You might not be aware of it because you are using it on a daily basis and all seems to be fine. However, identity faces a major crisis and some big challenges need to be solved, which can only be done by bringing identity into the 21st century. However, what is identity? Only if we know what identity is, will we be able to change how … [Read more...] about How to Solve a Global Identity Crisis Using Blockchain and Propel identity into the 21st Century
The Race is On: How Blockchain Will Change Governments
We are at a global crossing point and if we manage to solve some of the problems that we have created in the past decades, the world can become a better place. When the internet was developed 28 years ago, the objective was to create a decentralised internet. However, somehow, we ended up with an internet which is in the hands of a few very powerful companies. As a result, the … [Read more...] about The Race is On: How Blockchain Will Change Governments
