Many people assume that there is some magic formula for success in identity. Is it having the right degree? Is it knowing the right people? Is it having a ”Particular set of skills?” Today on Mistaken Identity, Mike Kiser interviews three sets of people who are eminently unqualified at first...
Mike Kiser
Privacy advocate, identity aficionado, chronoptimist. Wearer of many, many hats.
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Call Me Mark Jannell: The Future of Bring Your Own Identity
When I was seventeen, I played one of the greatest roles of my life: “Mark Jannell.” A younger student who we’ll call “Tim” (not his name, of course) had just started at my high school, and after knowing me for several weeks, asked my name. Amused that he had...
Now With More Privacy! The Rise of Nutritional Labelling and Customer Choice
“You are what you eat.” Many a dinner table has heard these words uttered by a parent encouraging their children to make healthy eating choices. At times, these choices are obvious: an apple or a serving of peas has a greater health benefit than a chocolate dessert. When the nutritional...
Mistaken Identity: The Election Observers
We released this latest episode of Mistaken Identity before the U. S. elections, with more still to come from an international perspective on digital identity's impact on voting systems. Dr. Susan Hyde, a Professor of Political Science from UC Berkeley, explains how Election Observers act as “auditors” of Election Security....
The Technical Debt of Facial Recognition
, the US Technology Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery published a letter calling for the suspension of "current and future private and governmental use of [facial recognition] technologies in all circumstances known or reasonably foreseeable to be prejudicial to established human and legal rights." The ACM is arguing...