Robots, Humans, and the Edges of the Open Web
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores what the “open web” truly means amid shifting standards, AI automation, an...
Digital Identity Wallet Standards, the DC API, and Politics
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Digital identity wallets are becoming a central focus in global identity conversations, driven by re...
The Regulator’s Dilemma
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the regulator’s dilemma at the heart of digital infrastructure, where accoun...
The Paradox of Protection
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When every digital system is labeled as critical infrastructure, do we actually make the Internet sa...
The Infrastructure We Forgot We Built
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When AWS went down, payments failed and digital life froze — exposing how fragile our cloud-based ...
Can Standards Survive Trade Wars and Sovereignty Battles?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, standards development has been anchored in the idea that the Internet is (and should be...
The People Problem: How Demographics Decide the Future of the Internet
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I've been having an intellectually fascinating time diving into Internet fragmentation and how it is...
Why Tech Supply Chains, Not Protocols, Set the Limits on AI and the Internet
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I had one of those chance airplane conversations recently—the kind that sticks in your mind longer...
The End of the Global Internet
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many people reading this post grew up believing and expecting in a single, borderless Internet: a va...
Delegation and Consent: Who Actually Benefits?
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When not distracted by AI (which, you have to admit, is very distracting) I’ve been thinking a lot...
Pirates, Librarians, and Standards Development
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the right motivation, even I will write a blog post on a dare. And the dare I got was to write ...
Who Really Pays When AI Agents Run Wild? Incentives, Identity, and the Hidden Bill
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google recently gave us something we’ve been waiting on for years: hard numbers on how much energy...
AI Permissions vs. Human Permissions: What Really Changes?
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve been talking about identity and access for people for decades (millennia if you think outsid...
Roads, Robots, and Responsibility: Why Agentic AI Needs Identity Infrastructure
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We don’t spend much time thinking about the roads we drive on—until one cracks, collapses, or du...
Bot or Not? Why Incentives Matter More Than Identity
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s start with a confession: I love bots. Or at least, I love the idea of them. They’re effici...
Working Group Chair Skills: Standards Work Isn’t Just for Coders
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This one’s for everyone who’s ever said, "I’m not technical enough to participate in standards...
Agentic AI in the Open Standards Community: Standards Work or Just Hype?
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to follow what's happening in AI, it helps to know where the conversations are happening...
Not Just a Technical Problem: Why Fighting Disinformation Needs Resilient Infrastructure
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disinformation. Misinformation. Malinformation. These terms get used interchangeably, but they’re ...
What WSIS+20 Taught Me About Digital Identity and Global Governance
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I went to Geneva to understand what, if anything, people were saying regarding digital identity and ...
Kill the Wallet? Rethinking the Metaphors Behind Digital Identity
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Much like "the cloud" or "the superhighway", the metaphor of a "wallet" has become convenient shorth...
Local Flavors, Global Reach: Why Digital Identity Needs Cultural Context
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you think of when someone says "digital identity"? Biometrics? Login credentials? A string o...
When Verification Calls Home: Three Views on Privacy, Risk, and Digital Credentials
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s been renewed attention lately on mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) and the ISO/IEC specifi...
Resilience Isn’t Free: What Standards Can (and Can’t) Prepare Us For
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Resilience is on my list of the top ten buzzwords of the year. Whether we’re looking at geopolitic...
Delegation in a Multi-Actor World: It’s Not Just OAuth Anymore
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time, digital systems were built around a beautifully simple idea: one user, one identit...
Rethinking Digital Identity: What ARE Open Standards?
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since I wrote last week about MCP and the need for a more structured standards development process, ...
The MCP Bandwagon
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MCP is 'an open protocol that standardizes how applications provide context to LLMs.' If we’re mov...
Acting on Behalf of Others: Delegation, Consent, and Messy Reality
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most digital systems were built around a simple model: one user, one identity, one device, one inten...
Why Governance Decides If Decentralization Works
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The tech is ready for decentralization. The governance is not. This is the final post in a four-part...
Redefining Success: Centralization as a Feature or a Failure?
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if centralized dominance is just what success looks like in our current system? Today, I want t...
The Cost of Decentralization: What Companies Need to Weigh Before They Commit
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s easy to say you want more control over your systems. But the cost of decentralization in mone...
Engineering Meets Economics: Shifting, Not Choosing, Between Centralized and Decentralized
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the real innovation is not centralization vs decentralization, but the ability to shift betw...
Trailer
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to A Digital Identity Digest, an audio companion to my weekly blog. This podcast provides su...