The world has changed remarkably since 2020 with online interaction disrupting traditional office work and questions of legitimate identity becoming the focus of many political disputes.

Central Banks are experimenting with digital currency, the EU is compiling a biometric database of nearly 500 million people, and in the UK the Online Harms Bill threatens to outlaw secure messaging.

Digital Panopticons are seemingly sprouting up across the free world and our profession is largely blind to the consequences.

So join me for a deep dive into the nature of identity, the brokering of trust, and how we as developers can protect those who rely on the software we create from unwarranted intrusions.

There'll be a mixture of technical exploration and personal reminiscence as I explain how I became involved in this somewhat esoteric field and the insights I've picked up along the way which inform my opinions and architectural choices.