Identity

Monokee is using Masca in its Identity and Access Management (IAM) system to enable user authentication using Verifiable Credentials (VCs). We are proud to announce a collaboration with Monokee, a digital identity company working on the next-generation cybersecurity Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution called Visual Identity Orchestrator (VIO). Monokee’s…

Identity is a hot topic nowadays, especially within the news and social media. One will frequently stumble upon mentions of racial identity, gender identity, sexual identity, with numerous other traits joining the term. People may find “peace” upon discovering these things about themselves and state that they are proud to…

Another question from Quora — but this time it seems to be sincere, even sincerely curious. I respect true curiosity. There’s so little of these days! Let us discuss nuances, shall we? Hmm, perhaps we might instead ask if the transgender condition encourages cross-dressing as a means to “test the…

Week 9 of the Artist’s Way course for recovering and building creativity — Last week, I wrote about Week 8 of Julia Cameron’s Artist’s Way course to build creativity. If you purchased the book and are following along, I hope this past week was fruitful. …

Perception, Beliefs, and Identity We now move from discussing the societal and external effects of nominalism to exploring its psychological and cognitive impact on individuals. #1 Cognitive dissonance: A fragmented understanding of the world, caused by nominalism’s rejection of shared frameworks, can lead to cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance arises when…

Nonfiction by Casey Francis —

I would today like to take up this article by Pia Tesdorf on FTC policy statement on biometrics https://www.linkedin.com/posts/piatesdorf_ftc-policy-statement-on-biometrc-information-activity-7068615031852027904-3U7j I assume that the problem being discussed here is common not only among fingers and eyes but among all the biometrics scans, whether static or behavioural: All the biometrics share the…

A semi-philosophical discussion of clothing contra personality. — … or are we? People sometimes anxiously ask me (but please don’t ask me why): Are we what we wear? Since this question seems to be widespread, please let me give one of my approaches to the subject. One of; after all a philosopher can’t afford to be narrowminded ……

Today’s topic is this article — “What is PasswordLess?” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-passwordless-sayed-mayana/ Let me complement the author’s discussion with my views on the security effects of removing the password (*1) and bringing in biometrics (*2). *1 Remove the password altogether and we would see the identity security brought down: Removal of the…