Self-Sovereign ID Tech

[rooty]

Hey Stef wazzzz up brotha

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On Jan 7, 2020, 5:48 AM, stef wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 12:25:01AM -0500, grarpamp wrote:
>> https://www.computerworld.com/article/3512108/frustration-over-growing-privacy-and-security-failures-advancing-self-sovereign-identities.html
>> https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot5-boston/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/self-sovereign-identity-primer.md
>>
>> There is a growing movement among fintech companies, banks, healthcare
>> services, universities and others toward disintermediating the control
>> of online user identities in favor of supporting end-user controlled
>> decentralized digital wallets based on P2P blockchain. Self-sovereign
>> identity (SSI) is a term used to describe the digital movement that
>> recognizes an individual should own and control their identity without
>> intervening administrative authorities. The wallets would carry
>> encryption keys provided by third parties and could be used to
>> digitally sign transactions or provide access to verifying
>> information, everything from bank-issued credit lines to diplomas --
>> all of which are controlled by the user through public key
>> infrastructure (PKI). The blockchain ledger and PKI technology is
>> hidden behind user-friendly mobile applications. Currently, there are
>> more proof-of-concept projects than production systems involving a
>> small number of organizations. The pilots, being trialed in
>> government, financial services, insurance, healthcare, energy and
>> manufacturing, don't yet amount to an entire ecosystem, but they will
>> grow over the next few years, according to Gartner.
>
> you guys should have a look at IRMA at https://privacybydesign.foundation/en/
>
> it works in a totally decentralized way (except for the keyshare server, which
> is a brilliant piece in itself) without any of that blockchain bullshit. there
> is code, apps for phones, and if you are dutch you even have attributes by the
> dutch gov like residence, birth and nationality as such, work is now done to
> expand into the healthcare sector.
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