Digital Identity Friday Five: January 31, 2025
Covering the most interesting news for the week of January 25 to January 31
Today is Friday, January 31. I don’t have five things in #digitalidentity that I found interesting this week. I have ten!
First, huge kudos to:
** Jeremy Grant (Venable LLP)
** Andrew Shikiar (FIDO Alliance) and
** Eva Casey-Velasquez & James E. Lee (Identity Theft Resource Center - Nonprofit)
They hosted an amazing #IDPolicyForum in #WashingtonDC on Jan 28
"Identity, Authentication & the Road Ahead 2025"
Also thanks to Frances Zelazny (Anonybit) & C. Maxine Most (The Prism Project) for hosting an engaging industry dinner that same evening - always great to see you both!
Now, closing out January 2025 with this #epicten
1/ Better Identity Coalition: Digital Identity as a Key to Improving Gov Efficiency
BIC published an open letter directed at the new #US administration along with an updated blueprint
Blueprint 🔗: https://peakidv.link/BICblueprint
2/ Identity Theft Resource Center - Nonprofit Releases Annual Data Breach Report
"Six mega-breaches accounted for 85 percent of victim notices; four of the largest breaches were preventable"
Download 🔗: https://peakidv.link/DBRdownload
3/ authID Launches PrivacyKey™
Great to see Rhon Daguro & Erick Soto rolling out the #innovation!
4/ DuckDuckGoose AI Partners with Banco Daycoval to Prevent #Deepfake Identity Fraud in #Brazil
Congrats, Parya Lotfi!
5/ Forbes: This New iPhone App Claims It Can Stop Deepfake #Scams
The app is from Hiya Inc. interesting stuff Alex Algard!
6/ Alloy: Majority of Bank Fraud Committed by Professional Fraud Rings
Alloy's latest State of Fraud Report! Link down below👇
7/ CHEQ Acquires Deduce
Congrats on the exit, Ari Jacoby!
8/ FCT Acquires Majority Interest in Fintracker
hashtag#IdentityVerification in the Canadian Real Estate Industry
9/ ID.me Announces $275 Million Financing from Ares Management Corporation
Congrats, Blake Hall & team
And great insights at the hashtag#IDPolicyForum, Wes Turbeville!
10/ TechCrunch: Altman’s World now wants to link AI agents to your digital identity
World "The real human network" is rising on my radar #operatoreconomy #agenticAI
Although, World was also banned in #Brazil this week to stop collection of #iris #biometrics : https://peakidv.link/worldban
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*** LINKS
BIC: https://peakidv.link/1-ff01-31
ITRC: https://peakidv.link/2-ff01-31
AUTHID: https://peakidv.link/3-ff01-31
DDG: https://peakidv.link/4-ff01-31
HIYA: https://peakidv.link/5-ff01-31
ALLOY: https://peakidv.link/6-ff01-31
DEDUCE: https://peakidv.link/7-ff01-31
FCT: https://peakidv.link/8-ff01-31