24 February 2026

Next week Simone Onofri, W3C Security Lead will talk about the importance of security, privacy, and human rights by design in innovative technologies during a "Human-Centered Threat Modeling for Digital Identity Systems: A LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Workshop " at the Geneva Business School - Barcelona Campus

#WebSecurity #WebPrivacy #HumanRights
https://www.w3.org/events/talks/2026/human-centered-threat-modeling-for-digital-identity-systems-a-lego-serious-play-workshop/

We are very pleased to announce that @sphcow of Spherical Cow Consulting has been appointed to the @tag for the 2026-2028 term.

Heather has extensive experience in digital identity standards, governance, and as a bridge between deeply technical experts, policymakers, and business leaders. She is co-chair of the W3C Exploration IG which was created to help identify opportunities for future work. We look forward to her contributions to our work
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/second-w3c-team-appointment-to-the-tag/

We are very pleased to announce that @bkardell of @igalia has been appointed to the @tag for the 2026-2028 term. The TAG was created in 2001 as a special W3C working group to steward the web architecture.

Brian has extensive experience in web standards at W3C and as an advocate for openness, inclusion and community and we look forward to his contribution to this important work.
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/w3c-team-appointment-to-the-tag/

24 February 2026

W3C Security Lead @simone will talk about will talk about the importance of security, privacy, and human rights by design in innovative technologies at the"Human-Centered Threat Modeling for Digital Identity Systems: A LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Workshop" at the Geneva Business School - Barcelona Campus in Barcelona, Spain
#security #privacy #HumanRights #DigitalIdentity
https://www.w3.org/events/talks/2026/human-centered-threat-modeling-for-digital-identity-systems-a-lego-serious-play-workshop/

The Security Interest Group has published the first draft of a Group Note titled "Cryptography usage in Web Standards". This document serves as a clear, practical, and standards-compliant guide for recognized cryptographic algorithms and their appropriate applications in various scenarios.

The intended audience includes developers of web specifications and application creators.
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/group-note-draft-cryptography-usage-in-web-standards/

W3C Tech in the news: "EPUB won’t support HTML anytime soon, and here’s why"

"The Publishing Maintenance Working Group (PMWG), part of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that sets open web standards, surveyed the industry in 2025 to determine if the EPUB ebook standard should allow HTML in the next EPUB version. Based on the results, the PMWG decided not support HTML in EPUB."
https://coywolf.com/news/web-development/epub-wont-support-html-anytime-soon-and-heres-why/