Summer of Protocols Symposium 9/17-27. closing with an unconference. Kaliya is presenting her research on the IETF on Sept 19th.
[fediverse] Open Call: Join the Open Social Incubator Deadline: 10/4 The Media Economies Design Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder is launching a 5-month process of mentorship and peer-to-peer learning, empowering veteran community builders to adopt emerging open social networks. h/t werd.io
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The Digital National ID, launched in June, is an official digital version of the physical National ID card. It can be accessed online through computers or smartphones and obtained via a dedicated website or mobile app. It requires face-based biometric verification for identity confirmation and serves as a valid proof of identification for various transactions.
The first version of eIDAS was an adoption failure. While it was not providing privacy by design, technologically it was sufficiently correct to function. It did so by giving a central role to Trust Service Providers (TSPs) and Certificate Authorities (CAs).
These intermediaries sought to exploit their government issued monopoly and consequently choked off adoption for the first version of eIDAS.
"I am excited about the two latest work items in our working group - DID Traits and Trust DID Web. Both will be extraordinarily useful in our continued quest to build strong and useful identifier systems that other technologies and protocols can rely on." Markus Sabadello
VCs are the top layer (Layer 3) of the Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) reference model; see Figure 1. Layer 1 is used to store information about public identities and is implemented by a Verifiable Data Registry (VDR), while Layer 2 is used to initiate peer authentication and employs Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)
OASIS and the KMIP TC are pleased to announce that KMIP Version 3.0 and KMIP Profiles Version 3.0 are now available for public review and comment. [...] The OASIS KMIP TC works to define a single, comprehensive protocol for communication between encryption systems and a broad range of new and legacy enterprise applications, including email, databases, and storage devices.
Introduction to Hiero, an LF Decentralized Trust project, a contribution of entire codebase by Hedera. This new project includes a collection of key modules necessary to run and interact with a fully decentralized network
Using Lit Protocol’s distributed threshold cryptography, Firmar creates a decentralized Certificate Authority, ensuring secure and decentralized signature verification. This system eliminates the vulnerabilities associated with centralzed key management and sets a new standard for secure, globally compliant digital signatures.
He told us about being at an industry event with lots of people “walking around as avatars and meeting each other”. That all seemed real enough until he wanted to buy something. He had to come out of the metaverse and undergo an all-too-real payment rigmarole—scanning a QR code, then another website, typing in card details—before he could rejoin the virtual fun.
If you currently rely on only one kind of identity for user login, you may need to make allowances for other types of identifiers. Decentralized identity brings a new customer login method that doesn't involve a user filling in a form to create an account. Users may expect to provide their identity from their digital wallet to engage with online services. Digital wallets will include decentralized identifiers that could vary from user to user.
Unlike federated identity, decentralized identity doesn’t rely on any single provider. This dramatically reduces the risk of losing access to services in the event of an account compromise or a provider outage. The use of distributed ledger technology means there is no central database that can be breached
DCI, also referred to as SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity), is a concept that differentiates fundamentally from established models. [...] DCI builds on a concept of issuers that issue VCs, holders – commonly the individuals – that hold VCs, and verifiers that consume VCs.
Governments around the world are adopting digital ID wallets, linking them to official identification documents such as driver’s licenses, national IDs, and passports.
With their reusable digital identities, end users in France will be able to open a bank account or carry out any banking operation, perform a qualified electronic signature, open an online gaming account, or send or receive an electronic registered letter. We are at a pivotal moment in the digital identity ecosystem in France and Europe overall and IDnow is proud to lead the way with our expertise and our proven solutions
Web apps enhanced with decentralized identity and data storage capabilities. Using TBD DWN, part of the Vidos Digital Identity Hack Pack. Get started building today!
User research is a journey, and like any journey, it doesn’t always go exactly as planned. We’ve written previously about starting your own user research journey and questions to ask that can help get you off on the right foot.
Leverage points are specific areas within a system where a small change can produce a significant impact on the entire system. These points often require careful analysis and a deep understanding of the system’s structure and behaviour, as they are not always immediately obvious.
Aaron Parecki and I published a new version the “OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata” specification that addresses the review comments received since the IETF Last Call. Per the history entries, the changes were...
