Privacy by Design: KERI for Policymakers
A one-minute promo for policymakers working in identity and privacy — why KERI, and why the decision can't wait.
A one-minute promo for policymakers in identity and privacy — assembled from KERI Conference 2026. It opens with a working government privacy architect and closes on the lever that is squarely yours: governance and law.
The window is now. Digital identity is being settled while we watch. Either the market defines it around its own incentives, or public policy anchors it to citizens' rights. KERI is the option that keeps identity cryptographically verifiable, un-monitorable, and under the individual's control — without asking government to become the surveillance layer. Watch the full talks below for the complete argument.
Full talk — The Landscape of SEDI
George McEwan, privacy architect for the State of Utah, on how government can set the boundaries, values, and law for self-controlled digital identity (~38 minutes, with subtitles).
Full talk — The Future of KERI
Samuel Smith on why privacy requires accountability — and why a system that can't hold second parties accountable is fundamentally incompatible with privacy (~60 minutes, with subtitles).
Full talk — KERI Infrastructure & the 5 W's
Thomas Mayfield on what KERI actually is — self-certifying identifiers, key control, and why your identity becomes portable and verifiable rather than borrowed (~25 minutes, with subtitles).