I am delighted to welcome my next guest, Brad Dominy. Brad is a MacOS and iOS developer and Founder & Inventor of Neucards, a privacy-preserving app that enables secure shareable and updatable digital contacts. In this conversation, we delve into why personally managing our digital contacts has been so difficult and Brad's novel approach to securely manage our contacts, architected with privacy by design and default.Contacts have always been the “junk drawer” of digital data, where people have information that they want to keep up-to-date, but are rarely able to based on current technology. The vCard standard is outdated, but is the only standard that works across iOS, Android, and Microsoft. It is still the most commonly used contact format, but lacks any capacity for updating contacts. Once someone exchanges their contact information with you, it then falls on you to keep that up-to-date. This is why Brad created Neucards: to gain the benefits of sharing information easily, privately (with E2EE) and receiving updates across all platforms.Topics Covered:Why it is difficult to keep our digital contacts up-to-date across devices and platforms.Brad describes his career journey that inspired him to invent Neucards; the problems Neucards solves for; and why this became his passion project for over a decadeWhy companies haven’t innovated more in the digital contacts spaceThe 3 main features that make Neucards different from other contact appsHow Neucards enables you to share digital contacts data easily & securelyNeucards' privacy by design and default approach to sharing and updating digital contactsHow you can use NFC tap tags with Neucards to make the process of sharing digital contacts much easierWhether Neucards can solve the "New phone, who dis?" problemWhether we will see an update to the vCard standard or new standards for digital contactsNeucards' roadmap, including a 'mask communications' featureThe importance of language; the difference between 'privacy-preserving' vs. 'privacy-enabling' architectural approachesResources Mentioned:Learn about NeucardsDownload the Neucards iOS appGuest Info:Follow Brad on LinkedInSend a text Privado.aiPrivacy assurance at the speed of product development. Get instant visibility w/ privacy code scans.Shifting Privacy Left MediaWhere privacy engineers gather, share, & learnDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Copyright © 2022 - 2024 Principled LLC. All rights reserved.

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