Hey Stef wazzzz up brotha -------- Original Message -------- 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.