#49 - Relationships and Identity Systems (with Phil Windley)
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Phil Windley is a Senior Software Development Manager at AWS Identity. He was most recently an Enterprise Architect and Principal Engineer in the Office of Information Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). He was the Founding Chair of the Sovrin Foundation serving from 2016 to 2020. He is also the co-founder and organizer of the Internet Identity Workshop, serves as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at BYU, writes the popular Technometria blog, and is the author of the books Learning Digital Identity (O'Reilly, Media 2023), The Live Web (Course Technology, 2011), and Digital Identity (O'Reilly Media, 2005). About Podcast Episode Read more about the episode by heading to https://northernblock.io/relationships-and-identity-systems-with-phil-windley/ Some of the key topics covered during this episode with Phil are: The differences in our knowledge needs between the physical world (tacit) and the digital world (explicit) are what make digital identity management complicated. Short-lived vs. long-lived relationships: a comparison. If the real world has pseudonymous relationships, why can't this be true online? (looking at recent Twitter and Meta verified account initiatives) Does the role of Identity Providers (IdPs) change as we move towards more user-controlled systems, rather than administrative identity systems? How does the term "Relying Party" translate into SSI? Breaking down trust and trustworthy, and differentiating between confidence and trust. Examining the tradespace between Privacy, Authenticity, and Confidentiality. How attribute-based access control (ABAC) will benefit from verifiable credentials. Where to find Phil? LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/windley/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/windley Follow Mathieu Glaude Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathieu_glaude   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathieuglaude/ Website: https://northernblock.io/
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