Identity and privacy-preserving cryptography researcher.

Building expressive, flexible and extendable cryptographically secured communication tools that support forming human trust in digital relationships.

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How might we begin to make human trust more machinable, while maintaining flexiblity when enforcing the rules?

What if we make it impossible to break the rules?

How might we ensure that the digital systems we create today are resilient to a future we cannot predict?

What metrics can a be used to evaluate the desirable properties of identity ecosystems? Who is measuring, what do they want to learn and why?

Nobody is in Control

July 16, 2020

My first attempt at the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas. Scary… I was nervous and I know I could have conveyed my thoughts with more clarity and coherence. I virtually missed out my section on trust - our way of navigating the uncertainties of our…

IIW XXX

May 08, 2020

I finally made it to the Internet Identity Workshop. A three day unconference based on open space technology that has been running twice a year for the last 15 years. It’s a bit like a pilgrimage for the identity community. I am going to struggle to…

Are You in Control?

April 05, 2020

As our data continues to be collected, exchanged, stored, sold and analysed, are we giving away more than we can comprehend? Do we have control over our digital lives? What would that even look like? Join Will Abramson (Edinburgh Napier University…

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