Blake Morrison
Author of 8 papers on identity and 22 IETF Internet-Drafts on delegation and agent authority. Architect of ~Alter.
I'm an operations manager and security consultant in Defence and critical infrastructure. I research identity independently, with no institutional affiliation, and ~Alter is that research put to work: a record of a person that belongs to them.
Papers
Writing
- [UC] An AI agent acting for a person reads and writes their storage
7 Nov 2026, w3c/lws-ucs
- [wg/agenticweb] Name the user an agent acts for in the identity and delegation scope
5 Nov 2026, w3c/charter-drafts
- Use Case - An accountable, verified person behind the paying agent, without disclosing identity
4 Nov 2026, x402-foundation/wg-identity
Protocols
- Acts-For
Sign in with one name at any website that publishes one DNS record, or have your AI do it for you.
- Discovery of Model Context Protocol Servers via DNS TXT Records
An AI finds a company's tools through DNS and can check who runs them.
- The 'alter' URI Scheme for Dispatchable ~handle References
A link format for a ~handle that the reader can resolve and verify.
- Consent-Bound Identity Disclosure with Subject Settlement for HTTP-Native Agent Payments
When an AI pays to read something about a person, the read needs that person's consent and part of the payment goes to them.
- Identity-Attributed Git Commits via Tier-Structured Trailers
Commit records that say which person, bot or AI did the work.
- Authorised and Attributable Agent Authority for Operational-Technology Control Actions
An AI's command to industrial equipment is refused unless it proves who it acts for and that a person authorised it.
Updates
- 6 Nov 2026New versions of Papers II to VIII
- 3 Nov 2026New version of Jus Identitatis
- 23 Oct 2026Claim Currency first published
Work
~Alter, Architect and sole engineer. Red Group, Operations Manager.