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Pre-IIW OpenID Workshop @ Mountainview (2015/10/26)
Unfortunately, I will be attending the ISO meeting in Jaipur and am very sorry that I cannot go, but the following seminar will be held in Mountain View. OpenID Foundation Workshop…
First Confirmed My Number Scam: Woman in Her 70s Loses Several Million Yen
According to an announcement by the Consumer Affairs Agency on the 6th[1], a woman in her 70s in southern Kanto who received a phone call purporting to concern the My Number system…
I Will Deliver the Closing Session at the ID Management Conference on October 9
At the ID Management Conference to be held on the upcoming October 9 (Friday), I will appear in the closing session (17:55-18:35). The topic is: “Digital Transformation of Business…
ID&IT Is Today: I’ll Be Leading the Closing Session
ID&IT is being held today. This year, I will be leading the closing session. It is entitled “Digital Transformation of Business and Identity” Using IT in business and transform…
JSON Web Key (JWK) Thumbprint Has Been Published as RFC 7638
“JSON Web Key (JWK) Thumbprint,” for which Mike Jones and I are credited as co-authors, has been published as [RFC 7638]. This specification defines a method for calculating a stab…
Call for Presentations Opens for OpenID Summit Tokyo 2015
On November 10, OpenID Summit Tokyo 2015 will be held in Iidabashi, Tokyo. The Call for Presentations has now opened[1]. Each presentation will be allotted 20 minutes (15 minutes p…
HTC Smartphone Vulnerability Allows Anyone to Read Fingerprint Images, Sending Share Price Plunging
According to an article in The Guardian, it appears that an HTC smartphone stored users’ fingerprint images in a form that anyone could read. The issue was discovered by 4 FireEye…
Internet Identity Timeline
As it seems that the number of people who know this history may soon start dwindling, I have begun compiling an Internet Identity timeline. I am including events that I personally…
The XARA Vulnerabilities in MacOS X and iOS
This afternoon (June 18), GigaZine published a sensational article titled “Vulnerability Found That Allows iCloud, Email, and Browser-Saved Passwords to Be Stolen on iOS and OS X;…
How “Numbers” Should Be Designed: Reflections on the Pension Number Leak
Regarding the pension number leak, apparently “all leaked numbers will be changed”. Personally, all I can think is, “Oh dear.” As I wrote in yesterday’s article, if operated approp…
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