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#Identity

A phone with no signal, tied by strings to a bank card, house key, padlock, envelope, shopping bag and medical card; one string has snapped

Everyday Systems19 Aug 2024 · 4 min

When Your Mobile Number Becomes Your Identity: A Wake-Up Call

One Saturday my SIM stopped working, and UPI, bank OTPs and logins went with it. How the mobile number became our identity, and a single point of failure.

A ship of many-coloured planks sailing at sunset, old planks floating in its wake

Reflections14 Feb 2022 · 4 min

Identity

Is the apple today the same apple tomorrow? A first-principles look at identity: what keeps a thing itself while its parts and its moment change.