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Biometric Update: ‘mDL don’t phone home’: digital ID experts sound alarm over privacy capability
June 2, 2025
A presentation at Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) 40 by Steve McCown, Utah Privacy Officer Chris Bramwell and Digital Trust Ventures Co-founder and Principal Timothy Ruff on the privacy concerns with mDLs that are not alleviated by the ISO/IEC 18013-5 standard inspired Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) ED Kim Hamilton Duffy to delve into the concern.
It also led to a public statement cosigned by the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and cryptography and cybersecurity luminary Bruce Schneier.
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