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W3C Digital Credentials API publication: the next step to privacy-preserving identities on the web
W3C recently published specifications will build foundations for new ways to represent identity on the web. Verifiable Credentials 2.0 and the first draft of Digital Credentials API enable the secure, seamless exchange of digital credentials on the web, emphasizing flexibility, emerging cryptography, compliance with regulation, and W3C principles related to privacy and security. All of these topics will be on the agenda of the Global Digital Collaboration, co-organized by W3C.
Web Security: shaping the secure Web
In this blog post, W3C CEO Seth Dobbs explains why and how Web Security as a requirement for humanity is central to W3C’s mission, mentions digital identities and credentials as a high-stake current focus, and invites all to participate.
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Societal, ethical, and technical impacts of digital identities
This blog post introduces an analysis of Digital Identities and their various architectural models. The paper focuses on the impact of identities on the Web and users, particularly on privacy, security, and human rights, the role that Web standardization may play in managing that impact and how collaboration among various stakeholders can mitigate these threats.
Securing the Web forward: Addressing developer concerns in web security
A recent survey affirms the need to drive developer awareness and adoption of Web security standards & practices.
Privacy Principles for the Web
The W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG) is seeking public comments by the end of April on a set of privacy principles for the web.
