{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Privacy Podcast","title":"Your Identity Is Broken. Wayne Chang Wants to Fix It.","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1064,"description":"Why the future of the internet depends on owning your data and why today’s systems are already failingWhat if your identity didn’t belong to Big Tech… or even the government?What if it actually belonged to you?In this episode of The Privacy Podcast, host Ben Schiller talks with Wayne Chang, Founder of Spruce ID, to explore one of the most overlooked problems in tech today: identity.From logging into websites to accessing healthcare, our digital identities are fragmented, insecure, and often completely out of our control. Chang breaks down how we got here and why the current system, built on emails, passwords, and centralized platforms, is fundamentally broken.“We want users to control their data flows like a water faucet… under their control.”From “Sign-In with Ethereum” to government-backed digital credentials, this conversation explores a future where identity is portable, private, and owned by the individual.Why This MattersRight now, your identity lives everywhere and nowhere at the same time.It’s stored in silos across platforms, vulnerable to breaches, and increasingly easy to fake in an era of AI-generated everything.And the cracks are starting to show.Chang points to a near-future where identity fraud becomes scalable, cheap, and nearly impossible to detect using today’s systems.“We’re going to reach a precipice moment where attacks get cheap enough to execute at scale.”The result? A complete breakdown of trust online.But there’s another path forward, one built on cryptography, decentralization, and user control.What We CoverWhy today’s identity systems are a “patchwork” and fundamentally insecureHow AI and deepfakes are exposing major flaws in digital verificationThe origin and impact of Sign-In with EthereumWhat digital credentials actually are and why they matterWhy governments, healthcare, and finance are key to fixing identityThe Utah model and a new policy-first approach to digital IDWhy identity should be human-centric, not platform-centricThe role...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vpEuAfjPdK-wDcHhqYiQw4VjsckbaPox0yUDwiaMCsg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZmI4/ZTgwY2E4YzI2Zjky/ZGRhZTVkZjIxMzU5/ZjFlNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}