Archive 2020 — Comments Posted in 2020 on Digital Identity and Various Threats to It
<December>
When, why and how Expanded Password System was developed
Cyber Security 2021 Prediction
Yet another report on the drive to destroy security by removing passwords
Follow-Up: Santander Digital Trust Hackathon
Yet another report on the password predicament
Big ideas get recognized when distractive false ideas get debunked.
Undo what you must not have done and yet you have done
Bizarre Theory of Password-less Authentication
Why are we so persistent in the efforts to bust the falsehood of biometrics?
On Misperception of Biometrics
<November>
On Devastating Effects of Removing Password
90-second Video — ‘Digital Identity for Global Citizens
Advice Wanted for Crowdfunding
<October>
AI-Enhanced Biometrics — How Dreadful?
US Army appears to be scarily misguided
Does US Army Really Want to Bring Down Security?
Probability of Wrong People Getting Persecuted
Covid-19: Testing and Washing versus Face Mask
Face Shielding ‘instead of’ OR ‘on top of’ Face Mask
<September>
‘Not as secure as claimed’ is one thing. ‘Harmful to security’ is another.
Some of us can be very lazy and silly
What Biometrics Vendors Tell Us versus What NIST Tells Us
Comfortable Biometrics Ecosystem
Children’s Passwords Managed by Schools
<August>
EPS for SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity)
Expanded Password System: ‘Image-to-Code Converter’
<July>
Archive — Discussions on Digital Identity
Robust 2-Channel Authentication
‘Authenticators’ and ‘Deployment of Authenticators’
Probabilistic Is Human Body, Not Pattern-Matching Algorithm
Biometrics — Spoofing and Liveness Detection
‘Harmful for security or privacy’ OR ‘Harmful for both security and privacy
<June>
The following questions are answered in this update.
Default Password and Fallback Password
Cryptography and Expanded Password System
Who Adopted Expanded Password System (EPS) and for What
Expanded Password System — Theory and Implementation
Global Headquarters in United Kingdom
<May>
Expanded Password System to Complement FIDO2
Biometrics for Increasing and Decreasing Security
Puzzling Perception — Sacrificing Privacy for Decreased Security?
Digital Identity in Post-Pandemic Era
Happy to see your external body features viewed as ‘what you are’?
Identity Assurance — Sufficient and Necessary Conditions
<April>
Another Layer or Another Entrance?
‘Physical Token’ vs ‘Onetime Password Messaging’
The password is easy to crack — Are you sure?
New Article published on InfoSec Buzz
A Sequel to ‘Democracy and Digital Identity’ Published by Risk Group
What can ‘probabilistic authenticators’ achieve in cyberspace?
Meaningless Comparison of Different Authenticators
‘Easy-to-Remember’ is one thing. ‘Hard-to-Forget’ is another
Pandemic-resistant Teleworking
Two Ways of Deploying Two-Factor Authentication
<March>
Secret Credential and Computing Power
Proposition to AFCEA on military use of Expanded Password System
‘Copy & Paste’ High-Entropy Password Combined with Remembered Password
Rapid Increase in Military Use of Expanded Password System
<February>
What you ignore does not exist
<January>
EPS for High-Security Accounts
Further Update — History, Current Status and Future Scenarios of Expanded Password System
What does not exist will never be stolen and abused
Comments Posted since January 2021 are available here.
Key References
“Impact of Episodic Memory on DigitalIdentity”
Digital Identity for Global Citizens
What We Know for Certain about Authentication Factors
Summary and Brief History — Expanded Password System
Proposition on How to Build Sustainable Digital Identity Platform
Additional References
External Body Features Viewed as ‘What We Are’
History, Current Status and Future Scenarios of Expanded Password System
Update: Questions and Answers — Expanded Password System and Related Issues (30/June/2020)
< Videos on YouTube>
Slide: Outline of Expanded Password System (3minutes 2seconds)
Digital Identity for Global Citizens (10minutes — narrated)
Demo: Simplified Operation on Smartphone for consumers (1m41s)
Demo: High-Security Operation on PC for managers (4m28s)
Demo: Simple capture and registration of pictures by users (1m26s)
Slide: Biometrics in Cyber Space — “below-one” factor authentication
< Media Articles Published in 2020 >
Digital Identity — Anything Used Correctly Is Useful https://www.valuewalk.com/2020/05/digital-identity-biometrics-use/
‘Easy-to-Remember’ is one thing ‘Hard-to-Forget’ is another https://www.paymentsjournal.com/easy-to-remember-is-one-thing-hard-to-forget-is-another/
Identity Assurance And Teleworking In Pandemic https://www.informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/identity-assurance-and
