🆕 DIF's May Newsletter has arrived! blog.identity.foundation/dif-newsletter…

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📢 DIF made waves at #EIC2025! Our experts tackled topics of AI agent identity, personhood, and the values embedded in digital standards. See how we're building the architecture for human-AI trust in a world of synthetic identities. Read more: blog.identity.foundation/dif-at-eic-202…

🧑🏻‍🏫 DIF Staff Drop-In Office Hours (APAC) coming up in 40 minutes. Bring your questions, feedback, jokes. All are welcome. Take note: 🕰️ Today, 5PM PDT / 8AM CST 🔗 See link in DIF Calendar: bit.ly/dif-group-cal

Global Digital Collaboration: your questions answered. Read DIF's latest blog about this unique event, see a preview of the agenda, and learn how to get involved. blog.identity.foundation/gdc/

DIF joined 100 experts including ACLU and Bruce Schneier to raise the alarm: digital identity systems being built today must not contain tracking capabilities that could enable surveillance for generations. DIF's blog: blog.identity.foundation/no-phone-home/ Statement: nophonehome.com

I signed this statement because I deeply believe that Self Sovereign Identity Principles need to be respected. Your government cannot track you when you use paper credentials in the physical world, the same should apply to your digital credentials. Surveillance should not be

Tomorrow's meeting of DIF Hospitality & Travel SIG will feature Shane O'Flaherty of Microsoft on Microsoft’s View of Cybersecurity - it starts with identity! 📆 June 5 at 10:00ET / 15:00GMT / 16:00CET 🔗 Joining info: identity.foundation/special-intere…

I sat down with the Digital Identity Club newsletter recently to talk about the different initiatives at DIF, and how DIF "...builds the roads, bridges, and traffic signs of decentralised identity — ensuring all pieces can interoperate and scale". Also, some thoughts

The ACLU, DIF (DIF), and other orgs have started an initiative to oppose 'phone home' digital credentials, which allow governments/corporations to track you in new and awful ways. Sign on to take a stand against dystopian surveillance tech: nophonehome.com

Two long-time DIF contributors (Dmitri Z🧠, former SDS WG Chair and did:webvh editor, and Bumblefudge🦝) went on the Igalia Podcast to give an intro to and update on Verifiable Credentials on the occasion of v2.0 of the specification. Listen! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/iga…

🚀 The future of travel and hospitality is here! Join us at HITEC 2025 next week as our experts reveal how SSI is creating secure, hyper-personalized travel experiences that will transform the industry!  hitec.org ✈️ #HITEC2025 #TravelTech #SSI

Don't miss our HITEC session to learn how SSI is creating secure, hyper-personalized travel experiences that will transform the industry! hitec.org ✈️ #HITEC2025 #TravelTech #SSI

🌍✈️ At #HITEC2025, our experts unveiled how Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) can revolutionize travel with secure, seamless, and hyper-personalized experiences. 👉 Read about it: htwg.identity.foundation/hitec-2025-rec… #TravelTech #DataPrivacy #SSI

DIF's Creator Assertions Working Group is committed to making C2PA / CAWG work for creators of all sizes. Read about their recently-released 1.1 versions of CAWG specifications: 👉 blog.identity.foundation/progress-repor…

🚀 DIF Labs Beta Cohort 2 kicks off tomorrow (June 24th, 8 AM PST)! Three projects tackling key challenges : - Legally-binding proof of personhood via QES - Privacy-preserving revocation mechanisms - Anonymous multi-signature VCs Read more: blog.identity.foundation/dif-labs-beta-…

🛫 The future of travel is here! At HITEC 2025, industry leaders explored how Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) can revolutionize hospitality with secure, hyper-personalized experiences while protecting traveler privacy. Recap: htwg.identity.foundation/hitec-2025-rec… Video: youtu.be/5UaxRbPeFPA

DID Traits v1 is now a DIF Ratified Specification! Thank you and congratulations to lead editor / author Jan Christoph Ebersbach, author Otto Mora, and the DIF Identifiers & Discovery Working Group / community for their support! Read the spec here: identity.foundation/did-traits/v1.…

🎉 Welcome Misha Deville as DIF Ambassador! Her first guest blog post tackles AI's "trust ceiling" - why $100B+ in AI investment hits adoption barriers. The fix? Verifiable identity infrastructure enabling: 🎯 Context ✅ Consent 🛡️ Credibility Read more: blog.identity.foundation/thinking-ai-di…

DIF Technical Steering Committee Chair Andor Kesselman joined Mike Schwartz on his Identerati Office Hours to discuss Governing the Agentic Web. Check it out! youtube.com/watch?v=N_etKa…