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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 23/07/2026

Hey fellow #Identirati, if you're around NYC today then come by the #IdentiBeer event today at Slattery's Midtown Pub around 5:15pm. Let's talk all things #Identity (or not). www.linkedin.com/events/74784...

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 02/07/2026

This slayed me! (Credit: Laura Manach own.page/esghalis)

Screenshot of a toot on Mastodon by https://mastodon.social/@cmconseils with the text "Technically, the extinction of the dinosaurs is the highest ratio of birds killed with one stone."

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 21/05/2026

Small acts of distributed rebellion, within our spheres of influence no matter how narrow or broad, can add up to make a meaningful difference in our collective trajectory. So do what you are able to do. #Community #EIC2026

Banner image with the phrase “Together We Have Force” repeated on it.
Image from Bekky Bekks on unsplash.

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 17/05/2026

Berlin bound for the #IdentitySalon, #IdentiBeer, and #EIC2026 where the talks and hallway conversation will be thought-provoking and energizing, and where I’ll be speaking on Wed, May 20 on us finally getting #DigitalIdentity we can trust. Looking forward to catching up with everyone.

Image in the style of a marquee, mentioning the 3 events happening in Berlin in the same week: The Identity Salon, IdentiBeer, and EIC.

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 07/05/2026

This #WorldPasskeyDay, take a moment to thank your passwords for their years of service. Then, escort them gently to retirement before they reset themselves for the 14th time this quarter. With #passkeys, the #passwordless future of faster, phishing-resistant sign-ins is already here. Join the fun.

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 28/04/2026

Priscilla Gomez, SVP Business Development from Mastercard, on stage at #NYFintechWeek talking about why Verifiable Intent was developed to enable trust in agentic commerce and payments through accountability and intent enforcement. #NYFTW #Payments #AgenticAI /cc @fidoalliance.bsky.social

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 27/04/2026

Many of my #identirati friends shared their #ReplaceByClawd results of how "replaceable" they are by AI, mainly for fun. Might be even more fun to add how many tokens it would consume each month to replace them to the tool. And then they should go ask for a raise. 🙂 #AI #OpenClaw #CostOfAI #Agents

Picture of human hand and robot hand performing a fistbump.

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 27/04/2026

I don’t go on that site any more, so have no idea if this is real or fake. But this does have a “huge if true” connotation to it. As well as a “I told you so” connotation to it. #TheMoreThingsChange #AI

Screenshot from X showing one tweet saying “We hired a junior developer to write the simple code, so we don't have to spend a ton of money on tokens for those basic/ primitive tasks”
Followed by a reply saying “Great, so now we're optimizing LLM costs by inventing employees again. Full circle innovation.”

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 26/04/2026

Post your favourite "Lord of the Rings" character(s). Wrong answers only

Picture of Fezzik, Inigo, and Vizzini. From “The Princess Bride”

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 28/01/2026

On the train to DC for the “Identity, Authentication and the Road Ahead 2026” policy forum, hosted by @makeidbetter.bsky.social, @fidoalliance.bsky.social, Identity Theft Resource Center. Join the discussion: www.betteridentity.org/event/identi... #identity #authentication #security #IDPolicyForum

Banner for the Identity Policy Forum "Identity, Authentication and the Road Ahead", happening on Thursday, January 29, 2026 in Washington DC. Hosted by Better Identity Coalition, FIDO Alliance, and the Identity Theft Resource Center.

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 07/01/2026

He says, posting on an app that freely allows the making and sharing (widely) of deepfake porn and CSAM. I understand that this is a behavioral problem that has limited technical solutions. But a significant part of the solution for the behavioral problem is (dis)incentive (aka regulatory) design.

Screenshot of UK Prime Minister's post on twitter (X) saying "We are going to aim to make it impossible for children to take, share or view a nude image, and we're banning apps that create deepfakes."

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 01/11/2025

Going forward, we will all be Daft Punk. #privacy

Image of an ad for NULL, a conceptual face shield designed to jam facial recognition systems - from Meta glasses to street cams. It uses "adaptive light diffusion tech" to protect your face from AI detection.
Ad has their tagline: "Keep your face your own."

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 13/10/2025

Let’s do this! Day 1 of FIDO Alliance #Authenticate2025 starts now.

Banner of Authenticate 2025 conference above the registration desk.

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 06/06/2025

As the last day of Identiverse kicks off, and I bask in the warmth of this incredible, incredible community I call family, I couldn’t ignore what tugged at my heart every time I ordered coffee in the morning. Miss you my friend. All the time. #Identiverse2025 #Community #Identity

Photo of a coffee cup in front of the Identiverse floor sign, with various names crossed out, ending in “Identity Fabio”.

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 29/05/2025

Just a few days till #Identiverse, the largest gathering of identity professionals on earth - all packed into the Mandalay Bay in Vegas. What could go wrong? Stories will be shared, lessons learnt, fun will be had. Can’t wait to meet up with friends old and new. #Identity #security #Identiverse2025

Promotional Banner for my talk on "Pro-Human Identity: From Ideal to Real" at Identiverse 2025. Taking place Wednesday June 4 from 10:30-10:55am in Mandalay Bay F.

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 10/04/2025

Orgs are being encouraged to stand up local MCP servers in front of their services. But I rarely see guidance on how those deployments should securely protect the access credentials the MCP server will need to be operational. Are we speedrunning towards a new #security nightmare? #NHI #API

Abstract image of a cloudy blob cuboid connected by cables to a gelatinous cube.

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 14/02/2025

This #InternationalWomensDay2025, the wonderful leaders of womeninidentity.org are doing a 24-hour Peloton Interactive ride to raise money for the #IDCodeOfConduct project, an initiative to fight exclusion in global #identity systems. #ForAllByAll Orgs: buff.ly/42Tc6SE Individual: buff.ly/410GaZW

Poster for WOMEN IN IDENTITY'S IWD 24 Hour Peloton Fundraiser

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 12/02/2025

Hey now! I'm pretty sure most of the folks destroying our democratic institutions have never played D&D, and would have actually benefited greatly from it. Also, atheist?

screenshot of a NY Times article titled "Silicon Valley is Embracing Christianity (with the help of Peter Thiel)"

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 23/01/2025

OMG! I'm dying! "token validation looking kinda thicc" #Security #CodeReviewsMatter

Screenshot of a reddit post titled "My team's intern just found a critical bug by shitposting in our codebase"
Highlight is that a summer intern saved their entire authentication service by finding a critical bug because he thought the commit messages and comments were too boring, and starting reviewing the code in earnest to add memes to his.
As a result, he found a validation bypass bug in a legacy auth system that's been running since before TikTok existed and for which none of the original engineers are still around. He highlights it with the comment:
"yo why this token validation looking kinda thicc though
fr fr no cap this base64 decode bussin
wait... hold up... this ain't bussin at all"

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 08/01/2025

It’s not like folks in the #security and #privacy space haven’t been warning (actually, screaming from the rooftops) for years and years that there is no such thing as a secure backdoor. You build a compromise into a system, it will get exploited. #NoBackdoors foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/c...

Screenshot from article saying “At the core of this panic are concerns that China was able to get into backdoors set up by the U.S. government for domestic surveillance. Though not confirmed through reporting, some security analysts have publicly expressed a belief that Salt Typhoon penetrated systems authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.”

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 12/11/2024

The Call for Presentations for #Identiverse 2025 is open! Be sure to put your submissions in. Your story is worth sharing with the community. Especially if you're a first time presenter. app.sessionboard.com/submit/new-con…

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 19/07/2024

They don't make them like Bob Newhart any more. One of the greatest comedic minds ever. His standup routines really do stand the test of time. An absolute genius. RIP

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 29/05/2024

Ok #Identiverse. Today at 2:35pm in Joshua 10, come hear me pick the brains of these two brilliant minds as we talk about the ethics imperative for #DigitalIdentity. Come find out what Eve, Michelle and I cook up as we let loose. #Ethics #EthicalIdentity #Security #Privacy #Identity #ForAllByAll

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 27/07/2023

TFW you pass a tow truck on the drive home, and then do a double take when you realize what is being towed. I guess they do still need roads. Or there’s no trash around to feed that Mr. Fusion.

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Nishant Kaushik @nishantkaushik.com · 06/07/2023

Regarding "Threads, an Instagram app".

Screenshot of the Apple App Store disclosure on the data collection policy of the Threads app.

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