Karl A L Smith

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All me and the Emergence of the ICCA Framework

The engineering work undertaken for All me has produced a set of architectural solutions that extend far beyond the requirements of a single application. During the development process, it became clear that the mechanisms required to deliver user independent identity,…

Why the Future of Digital Trust Will Be Post-Visibility

Over the past decade, digital communication has been shaped by a simple assumption: providers must see everything. Identity, metadata, behavioural signals, device fingerprints, timestamps visibility has been treated as a prerequisite for trust. But what if visibility is the problem?…

A Trustless Model for Provider-Blind Digital Communication

Identity Constructed Communication Architecture (ICCA): A Trustless Model for Provider-Blind Digital Communication Identity Constructed Communication Architecture (ICCA) introduces a structural alternative to visibility-based communication systems. For decades, digital platforms have relied on models where providers must observe identities, behaviours, metadata,…