Kaliya “Identity Woman” Young Update: Case for Decentralizing Social Identity

For two months between January and March I was in India researching their National ID system. I was part of the New America India-US Public Interest Technology Fellowship.The research is now live on their website and you can read it. Key Differences Between the U.S. Social Security System and India’s Aadhaar System More good news …

Kaliya “Identity Woman” Young et al: A Comprehensive Guide to Self Sovereign Identity

Digital identity is an infrastructure necessary to do most everything on the Internet. And while there have been many solutions through the years, it remains a problem. Companies own the digital identities of the people that use their services, centralized databases are a security risk for cyberattacks, and users have little to no control of …

Event: Internet Identity Workshop 30 APR – 2 MAY Mountain View CA Organized by Kaliya “Identity Woman” Young & Others

The Internet Identity Workshop has been finding, probing and solving identity issues twice every year since 2005. We meet in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Every IIW moves topics, code and projects downfield. Name an identity topic and it’s likely that more substantial discussion and work has been done at IIW than …

Kaliya “Identity Woman” Young: Sixteen Domains of Identity

The Domains of Identity by Kaliya “Identity Woman” Young, MSIMS Abstract:  The Domains of Identity outlines sixteen key categories of transactions  which cause personally identifiable information to be stored in databases. The purpose of this research is to address challenges of Identity Management that involve interactions of almost all people in almost all institutional/organizational contexts. …