From its initial concept in 2013 through formal incorporation in 2014, Https Card — Internet Identity Card Ltd has evolved from an early-stage initiative into a structured Internet identity framework, with ongoing engagement in institutional and technical ecosystems. This trajectory spans interactions and references across national and international bodies, including the INPI, the UK Intellectual Property Office, the Library of Congress, the United Nations, and the OECD, culminating in two open defensive publications on Technical Disclosure Commons and the release of version 8.4.1 in 2026.
Https Card — Internet Identity Card Ltd was founded in France and the United Kingdom with a clear objective: to provide individuals with a robust solution to prove and protect their online identity. The first public work on the Internet Identity Card was conducted under the domain httpscard.com; the domain internetidentitycard.com was registered on 5 January 2014 as a continuation.
The French National Industrial Property Institute (INPI).
In 2014, Https Card registered original work of authorship with the United States Copyright Office at the Library of Congress. This registration may enable statutory damages and attorney fees in eligible litigation.
Https Card — Internet Identity Card presented the Internet Identity Card at the 7th BORDERPOL Forum, attended by heads of border forces, police, customs, and airport security, co-hosted by the Ministry of Interior in Spain.
The UK Intellectual Property Office registered the trademark "INTERNET IDENTITY CARD" (filed 25 May 2016).
Https Card — Internet Identity Card ™ is an official supporter and signatory of the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace, launched on 12 November 2018 during the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
This Internet Identity Card was embedded in IPFS and timestamped via a Bitcoin transaction, providing verifiable proof of existence at that time.
Through resolution 73/27, the United Nations General Assembly established an Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG). On 2–4 December, Https Card — Internet Identity Card participated as an accredited non-state actor in the intersessional meeting of the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) in New York, on developments in the field of ICTs in the context of international security. These discussions on international peace and security in cyberspace were open to non-state actors for the first time in the United Nations' history.
Https Card — Internet Identity Card joined the Decentralized Identity Foundation to contribute to the development of an open, standards-based decentralized identity ecosystem.
“73 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and today digital technology has created new threats to Human Rights such as data privacy and identity fraud. Fortunately, digital technology has the power to transform the world and to protect the privacy of all of us.”
Statement by Https Card — Internet Identity Card Ltd (IIC) to the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Security of and in the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in the context of international security — Third substantive session, 25–29 July 2022 at UNHQ, New York.
Https Card, represented by its founder Michael Benaudis, contributed comments to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) public consultation on the draft Recommendation for Digital Identity Governance.
Https Card published an open defensive disclosure on Technical Disclosure Commons (operated by Elsevier): "Cryptographic Identity Document System Using TOTP-Derived Symmetric Keys for Offline Issuer-Mediated Access Control". Released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license as defensive prior art.
A second open defensive disclosure on Technical Disclosure Commons: "Self-Verifying Single-File Cryptographic Documents with Dual-Passphrase Architecture for Offline Recipient-Mediated Access Control". It discloses the SHA-256 page integrity scheme (with fail-closed lockdown) and the dual-passphrase architecture using Argon2id. Released under CC BY 4.0.
A new generation of the Internet Identity Card is released. The single-file generator (~336 KB) introduces a memory-hard Argon2id key derivation function (RFC 9106, 96 MiB, t=4, p=4), a dual-passphrase architecture separating the issuer's long-term secret from per-export recipient passphrases, and SHA-256 page integrity (self-verifying documents with fail-closed lockdown). Backups use PBKDF2 with 600,000 iterations. The card maintains full offline recipient decryption with no server-mediated key exchange. The complete v8.4.1 package is available for download with ECDSA P-256 signature verification and blockchain timestamping (Bitcoin + Ethereum).