#Technology : New #technologies, #abstract concepts and #aspirations sometimes come together to form a dense barrier to clear language, which in turn makes it harder to be clear about real-world plans.

Sep 5, 2026, 3:05 pm EDT |
Chris Burt
Biometrics News

NIST refers to “the basic #physical and #organizational #structures needed for the #operation of a #society or enterprise” as a common definition for #infrastructure. This week’s headlines on #Biometric Update are filled with #attempts to build identity infrastructure, physical and organizational, to enable a wide range of #digital operations.

But #identity is not a structure, in this sense; it is something closer to a #characteristic, or rather a type of thing with a certain characteristic.