Why digital estates need standards, and why we need them now
The OpenID Foundation calls for coordinated standards as digital estates create growing challenges for families, platforms, and legal systems. What happens to your Gmail account when you die? Your cryptocurrency? Your family photos in the cloud? If you don’t have a clear answer, you’re not alone. Despite our increasingly digital lives, there are no consistent […]
OIDF offers standards roadmap for GENIUS Act
The OpenID Foundation has submitted a comprehensive response to the US Department of the Treasury’s Request for Comment on “Innovative Methods to Detect Illicit Activity Involving Digital Assets” (TREAS-DO-2025-0070-0001), issued under the GENIUS Act. As a technical standards body with deep expertise in APIs and digital identity, the OpenID Foundation welcomes the opportunity to show how […]
Whitepaper open for comment: The Unfinished Digital Estate: Culture, Law, and Technology After Death
As digital life now extends beyond our lifespans, most societies remain unprepared for what happens when people die or become incapacitated, leaving behind their online assets. A comprehensive new research paper is now open for public comment: “The Unfinished Digital Estate: Culture, Law, and Technology After Death.” This paper, published by the OpenID Foundation, addresses […]