John, Group,
I have a conflict tomorrow with the monthly Steering Committee meeting of the Secure Technology Alliance.
I’ll cover my response to the legislation. I think it’s a smart reframing of the concepts behind Digital ID that could begin to lessen people’s fears about it. Lessening fears is very important - every rollout I’ve been involved with has met resistance.
Much of the reframing addresses those fears. Wayne and Spruce have, as usual, done a nice job summarizing and positioning to benefit. I don’t see how any of this reframing in SB260 changes technology we have standardized over the last 8-10 years. DMVs in the US can still run Identity Proofing to resolve identity and “endorse” with a digital signature or a physical credential.
I know that even with this conceptual reframing, privacy requirements at the ecosystem level are necessary to prevent the potential harms listed in the article and those that people fear. There is no technology that accomplishes optimal privacy without the legislative framework to enforce it and deter malicious or forgetful actors.
I’m all for this reframing if it is going to improve people’s perceptions of Digital ID. Unfortunately, it seems like detractors of our current International Standards are using this reframing to try to drive a wedge that promotes their technology… when what we really need is the alignment between them that allows choice. After all, user choice is a privacy tenet also.
David
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Deciphering mobile identity for real-world application: decipher.id
On Nov 18, 2025, at 12:28 PM, John Wunderlich <john@wunderlich.ca> wrote:
Folks,
I put a discussion of Utah's Digital Identity on the agenda for tomorrow's call. I'm interested in what group members think of this approach. If you're not familiar with it and don't want to read the legislation (link in the agenda for tomorrow), this piece by Wayne Chang from Spruce ID gives an overview.
Have a better than expected day,
John Wunderlich
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