World ID vs. Official Documents: How Their Anchors Differ
World ID and official documents anchor personhood and uniqueness differently. How broad should that trust be, and how long should it last?
I AM HUMAN / JOURNAL
Being human.
On the internet.
Exploring personhood, uniqueness, and trust in a world of bots and AI agents.
The journal
04 ARTICLESPasswords, Account Recovery, and the Privacy We Give Away
Passwords are frustrating. Why should recovery and one-account-per-person checks cost us our privacy? A working idea for an app-specific Signature VC.
Fake Taiwanese Passports? From Paper Security to Chip Verification and Personhood Credentials
A Facebook post claiming to offer Taiwanese passports got me thinking about my own work on passport verification: physical security features, chip data, official signatures, and passports as the basis for uniqueness in personhood credentials.
Sybil Attacks and the Natural Rate Limiting of Social Media Personhood Credentials
How fake accounts amplify manipulation—and what changes when participation is measured in verifiable people instead of accounts.