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Guest author: Joni Brennan Features in Letters from the President by DIACC The choices we make about digital trust and identity verification architecture today will shape Canadian privacy, security, and digital rights for generations to come. Recent developments in the United Kingdom offer a timely reminder: how we build digital trust and identity systems matters as much as whether we build<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Guest author: Joni Brennan Features in Letters from the President by DIACC The choices we make about digital trust and identity verification architecture today will shape Canadian privacy, security, and digital rights for generations to come. 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