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xxx Privacy.com lets you create “burner” cards that are valid only for one-time use. From Privacy.com’s virtual Visas are burner debit cards that keep online shoppers safe | PCWorld This isn’t really a new idea, since the idea of single-use, disposable virtual cards has been around for ever. (I do like the idea of callingContinue reading “Privacy.com’s virtual Visas are burner debit cards that keep online shoppers safe | PCWorld”

I had the great good fortune to be asked to chair Leadership Workshop on Personal Data at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We had presentations from the US and EU and a global panel to discuss the ways in which digital identity can contribute to a digital society.  //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js During the discussions, whichContinue reading “POST It doesn’t get more personal than this”

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the idea of using the blockchain to “do something” about identity, so I thought I’d put together a few blog posts with some of our thoughts on the topic, gathered from a few of the different projects that we are involved with. Lots of people seemContinue reading “Using the/a blockchain/ledger for identity/attributes”

xxx Thus, a blockchain can act as a provenance protocol for data across disparate semi-trusting organizations. From Will Provenance Be the Blockchain’s Break Out Use Case in 2016? – CoinDesk xxx

xxx The point being that replacing legacy infrastructure with new technology that change how settlement and clearing is done is an inherently complex process (where everything depends on everything else and is what is known as tightly coupled. This means the tolerance for error is low, particularly in times of extreme financial stress. The goalContinue reading “Distributed Settlement: Distributed Ledgers for Real-Time Bank Settlements — SAMMANTICS”

xxx Now in limited release, select users can use Venmo to pay for event tickets on Gametime, and to have gourmet meals delivered on Munchery, with more merchants and additional functionality coming soon. From Now, pay in your favorite apps with Venmo — The Venmo Blog xxx

xxx “As long as our customers know that they had the control to turn the services off and on, our consensus was people really valued some of the services we were testing,” From Can Banks Leverage the Bluetooth Beacons that Retailers Are Testing? | American Banker xxx

xxx IT giant Intel is running an internal blockchain trial centered on a fantasy sports market. The proof of concept works by enabling the exchange of digitized assets that represent shares of different sports teams. Each contestant is given a set of shares, as well as a quantity of in-game currency called “mikels”. From IntelContinue reading “Intel is Testing a Blockchain it Built With a Fantasy Sports Game – CoinDesk”

xxx In our paper – “Are Payment Card Contracts Unfair?” – published at Financial Cryptography 2016 we show that customers have too many PINs to remember them unaided and therefore it is unrealistic to expect customers to comply with all the rules banks set: to choose unguessable PINs, not write them down, and not useContinue reading “Are Payment Card Contracts Unfair? | Bentham’s Gaze”

xxx This is a totally bizarre story from Cryptsy. A PDF has been posted of a contract that Big Vern (Paul Vernon) signed, in Florida, for getting the 13,000 lost coins that were reported hacked. The deal is to pay 1750 BTC for that, with contingencies to get the lost LTC and other litecoins._ FromContinue reading “Bitcoin Futures Guide Markets Blog – Bitcoin Markets Guide – Top BTC Futures Exchanges”