This explains what identity is, the relationship between an entity and identity, its relationship with privacy, and its relationship with OpenID Connect, a protocol currently being developed. I suppose I should make a Japanese version too…
The content of this video is word-for-word identical to the presentation I gave in December 2012 at the Gartner IAM Summit 2012, held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
I suppose I should make a Japanese version too…
I have also been working to get similar videos made about Account Chooser and Backplane, but who knows when that will happen…
By the way, while making this, I learned how to use captions on YouTube. I will write an explanatory article about that when I have some time!
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