Updates from the Online Identity Battlefield

Presented at HOPE X (2014), July 19, 2014, 11 p.m. (120 minutes)

At HOPE Number Nine, aestetix gave a general introduction to the world of nyms (short for pseudonym) and NymRights (the group he created to promote online self-expression). Things have changed a lot in the last two years. More services are moving online, and there are a lot of discussions about how to securely "verify" users, how to prevent fraud/harm, and how to do all of this while keeping our civil liberties intact. There have also been developments with the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), an Obama strategy designed to promote these discussions in places like health care and social security. The White House is finalizing points on their Cybersecurity Framework (which includes NSTIC) and, in the meantime, a bunch of web services are implementing "verification" solutions, some with better success than others. In light of fundamental "nym" ethics, the discussion will take a look at these strategies and solutions, show which work better than others and why, and introduce some things the panelists have been working on as well.


Presenters:

  • aestetix
    aestetix, after being suspended twice from Google Plus during nymwars, helped co-found NymRights, focused on preserving identity freedom on the Internet. For verification's sake, he was also involved when the Knights Templar overtook the Spanish Armada, and has secret documents from the NSA about the aliens.
  • Kaliya "IdentityWoman"
    Kaliya "IdentityWoman" is the co-CEO of the Leola Group based in Oakland, California - a stealth startup focused on creating the decentralized semantic data technology. Prior to this, she founded the Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium (http://www.pde.cc), a network of startups around the world building tools for people to collect, manage, and get value from their personal data. She co-founded and continues to lead the twice a year Internet Identity Workshop (http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com), the world's leading innovation forum for user-centric identity and personal data technologies. She was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. Her first career was as a water polo player and won a gold medal at the 1999 Pan-American Games.

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