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David Birch: Identity without a name
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Bartenders needs to know your age, retailers need your PIN, but almost no-one needs your name -- except for identity thieves. At TEDxSussexUniversity, David Birch proposes a safer, fractured and conditional approach to personal identification that would almost never require your real name. (Filmed at TEDxSussexUniversity.)
David Birch is a digital money and ID consultant paving the way for a 21st-century identity. Full bio ยป
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