Controlling your identity data with Vinny Lingham of Civic

Just like a spy, Vinny Lingham wants you to be able to mask some of your identity.

By Bailey Reutzel

1 min read

Vinny Lingham wants you to be able to mask some of your identity from the various players on the internet that benefit from using, and sometimes abusing, your information.

Lingham, who founded Civic in 2015 believes blockchain can help identify someone without a username, password, third-party authenticator, or physical hardware token.

To do this, his startup Civic launched the crypto token CVC, which he believes will allow users to have a self-sovereign identity with more control, and he dives into the details on this episode of Tokenize It!

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