Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog: Recent Episodes
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The following letter from a group of UK parliamentarians rings alarm bells that should awaken all of us – I suspect similar things are happening in the shadows well beyond the borders of the United Kingdom… The letter recounts the sad story of one more politician with no need for science or expertise – for … Continue reading Technical naïveté: UK’s Matt Hancock sticks an ignorant finger in the COVID dike
Many readers will already know that I retired from Microsoft after twenty years working as Chief Architect of Identity and other related roles. I had a great time there, and Microsoft adopted the Laws of Identity in 2005 at a time when most tech companies were still under dark influence of “Privacy is Dead”, building … Continue reading Identity Blog Active Again
I really liked Timothy Ruff‘s recent post: 7 Myths of Self-Sovereign Identity. I was especially glad to see him confirming my observation that the term “Self-Sovereign” seems to create a lot more confusion than understanding. He makes some excellent points in his post, but it left me scratching my head that such a smart guy has … Continue reading Let’s find a more accurate term than ‘Self-Sovereign Identity’
In my last keynote for the European Identity Conference I described how the Laws of Identity, that were increasingly flaunted by the Internet giants during the decade following their articulation, culminated in sharp and rigorous pushback by the European Union in the form of the GDPR – just as the Laws had predicted would happen. … Continue reading Tim Cook knocks it home: GDPR will impact the whole world
These days people tend to ask me two main questions: What do I think about Blockchain identity? And what does it change in the Laws of Identity? In my keynote at Kuupinger Cole’s 2018 European Identity and Cloud Conference I took the opportunity to answer both. Of course I had no choice about that. Neither … Continue reading The Laws of Identity on the Blockchain
Like the other attendees, I very much enjoyed the Kuppinger Cole European Identity and Cloud Conference (EIC) 2016 held in Munich in May. The conference is growing by leaps and bounds but still provides plenty of opportunity for interaction and exchange of information. Run by Europeans for Europeans, it provides great insights for those of us from outside the EU and gives us … Continue reading EIC 2016 in Munich
This year Phil Windley asked me to give “the opening keynote” at the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) conference in Mountain View CA. I was a little skeptical… If you haven’t attended, the IIW is the perfect “un-conference. It has no keynotes or panels, it’s about getting stuff done.” Besides that, everyone doing anything leading edge in digital identity attends as often as they can – it’s … Continue reading Keynote on Laws of Identity at IIW
It was pretty exciting to start posting again and once more feel like part of the twitoblogosphere, or digital reality, or whatever we’re calling it. I have to admit to not a small amount of regret for having neglected my blog for so long – in spite of my long list of “excellent reasons” for having … Continue reading Lost in translation
Alex Simons asked me to write a piece for his Azure Active Directory Team Blog on our policy-based architecture and the “Identity Experience Engine” we developed to handle AzureAD’s B2C scenarios. You can read what amounts to my first public description of our new technology at “A look inside AzureAD B2C with Kim Cameron” – reprinted here for convenience: Last month Stuart … Continue reading A look inside AzureAD B2C
For the last several years I’ve been working on a new technology and capability that we are calling “Azure Active Directory B2C.” I’m delighted that I’m finally able to tell you about it, and share the ideas behind it. For me it is the next step in the journey to give individual consumers, enterprises and governments the identity … Continue reading Azure Active Directory B2C is now in public preview