Identity & data protection researcher, innovator & adviser. Founder Lockstep Consulting & Technologies; Principal Analyst Constellation Research.
Joined June 2009
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27 Jan 2022
And the way many people use the term "consensus" is not even wrong!
The "consensus" reached by a blockchain is very narrow; it's reached under special self-imposed constraints, and it's difficult to generalise beyond cryptocurrency.
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Apr 27
#DigitalIdentity #HotTake 1/6
There is no such thing as identity theft; there is only data theft. Data breaches do not represent an “identity” problem but a data quality problem.
More: linkedin.com/pulse/rethinkin…
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Apr 29
#digitalIdentity #HotTake 6/6
The Internet is not missing an "identity layer” but an authenticity layer.
We rarely need to know who someone really is. Instead we usually need to verify some specific fact about them, disclosing as little identity as possible.
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Apr 29
We need specific facts and proofs, not open-ended identity.
Authenticity now is a far bigger issue than identity.
Let's broaden verifiable credentials to verify any important qualities of any digital thing.
More: lockstep.com.au/rethinking-d…
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Apr 27
Check out my latest article: Rethinking Digital Identity as Data Verification (synopsis) linkedin.com/pulse/rethinkin… via @LinkedIn
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Steve Wilson retweeted
1 May 2025
Little My is "determined and fiercely independent" from the Moomin books that I learned about thanks to my colleague @Steve_Lockstep. And yeah...there seems to be a "resemblance" I suppose?
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Steve Wilson retweeted
27 Mar 2025
"The Limits of Algorithms" An invited presentation to the AI in Asia conference, Korea University Law School, Dec 16, 2016. lockstep.com.au/the-limits-o…
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6 Feb 2025
Hey @remarkablepaper. Question:
Why can’t I import documents (PDFs) from my iPhone to my remarkable? It seems a major shortcoming of the mobile app.
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Steve Wilson retweeted
25 Nov 2024
If you're at @AISA_National #AustralianCyberConference2024 this week, and have an interest in #AI and #privacy, come along to my #PrivacyEngineering workshop for three practical tools. Thursday Nov 28, 10:15 am.
Session info: melbourne2024.cyberconferenc… #CyberCon
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Steve Wilson retweeted
14 Nov 2024
Outstanding work! @TrustAllianceHQ won the #SuperNova2024 Award in Digital Safety, Governance, Privacy & Cybersecurity zurl.co/xr6Y @Steve_Lockstep @Chirag_Mehta #CCE2024 #privacy #dataprotection
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13 Nov 2024
Australians' use of verifiable credentials and digital wallets continues to climb, proving they are ready to #clicktopresent any digital ID. lockstep.com.au/australians-….
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Steve Wilson retweeted
4 Nov 2024
Congrats to @TrustAllianceHQ for winning the 2024 SuperNova Award in Digital Safety, Governance, Privacy & Cybersecurity zurl.co/gYpD @Steve_Lockstep @Chirag_Mehta #CCE2024 #privacy #dataprotection #SuperNova2024
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4 Nov 2024
RT @davetroy: 1/Pro tip: if you hear somebody talking excitedly about the “Kardashev Scale,” you are either dealing with a first class moro…
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4 Nov 2024
Thank you.
3/tech like cryptocurrencies and badly-designed AI and market it as “progress.” Burn all this with fire, and torch this idiotic rhetoric. Energy efficiency is elegance. Carbon is a thing. Never surrender agency to pseudoscientific theories or thought-terminating clichés.
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2 Nov 2024
Anybody else having trouble with #spam from @23DigitalAgency? I've emailed their Marketing Dept three times. I tried to email their #Privacy officer as per 23digital.com.au/privacy-pol…. But that email account is broken. #privacyfail #CXfail
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