Identosphere #35 • SSI for Europe • Covid Creds coming together • Issue DID+VC w Azure AD
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GIMLY IS HIRING - work closely with the UX lead and product owner in planning the development work
Indicio Hiring Interns - Test Engineer • Mobile Developer • Python Developer • Project Manager • Business Development • Assistant to the CEO
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Provenance Managing Director • every great product should come with Provenance: accessible, trustworthy information about origin, journey and impact.
Coming Up
Hyperledger Global Forum•June 8-10
Building a Hyperledger Indy Network – A Technical Overview•Lynn Bendixsen
Panel: Paving the Way to a Safer Travel Experience • Heather Dahl, & Scott Harris, Adrien Sanglier, SITA
Panel: Start Simple to Scale Decentralized Identity • Heather Dahl & Kenneth Ebert, R. J. Reiser, Liquid Avatar Technologies
Panel: Self-Sovereign Identity for Economic Empowerment: Lessons from Africa • Anna Johnson, Trinsic; Thea Sommerseth Myhren, Diwala; Lohan Spies, DIDx; Fabian Portmann, Farmer Connect; Bryan Pon, Kiva
Identiverse 2021 • June 21-23 (Denver)
FRP from UN for SSI
RFP: Implementation of blockchain based self-sovereign identity (SSI) Solutions United Nations Global Market Place
The United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) invites you to submit a proposal for the implementation of blockchain based self-sovereign identity (SSI) solutions. (DEADLINE 06/22)
Interesting and Thoughtful
The shadowy hierarchy
I remain curious about how I can make better or wiser decisions. I am sharing this as part of my journey as I unpack my own boundaries and models that prevent me from making better decisions.
Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud
include the ability to work offline and collaborate across multiple devices, while also improving the security, privacy, long-term preservation, and user control of data.
Apple vs (or plus) Adtech, Part II
To review… in Settings—> Privacy—> Tracking, is a single OFF/ON switch for “Allow Ads to Request to Track.” It is by default set to ON.
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A beginner’s guide to self-sovereign identity (SSI)
19 FAQs on Verifiable Credentials and Self-Sovereign Identity
Do I Need a Verifiable Credential?
What is a DID? Part 1 XSL Labs
En Francais Aussi Qu’est-ce qu’un DID? Partie 1 XSL Labs
Defining Self-Sovereign Identity with Kaliya Young | Coding Over Cocktails Podcast
Adrian Doerk on the difference between identification, authentication and authorization
Identification: Who are you?
Authentication: Is it you again?
Authorization: What rights do I want to grant you?
Use-case
Digital signatures — digital transformation in the real estate sector
The implementation of the electronic signature was a major development in the development in management.
99% of our documents are digitally signed digitally and we have eliminated many face-to-face meetings.
‘new normal’ in housing is digital, democratic and sustainable
how can governments, citizens and landlords of all types harness these opportunities and collaborate to shape housing of the future so that it works for everyone, everywhere?
SSI Updates
Introducing the Evernym Mobile SDK
It’s through your feedback that we’ve been able to iterate, refine, and ultimately launch a product that will help make self-sovereign identity more accessible to all.
Anonyome Labs Listed in IAPP Privacy Tech Vendor Report 2021
joins 355 other qualified organizations in the 2021 compendium of privacy tech vendors. This is a significant increase from the 44 vendors listed in the inaugural report in 2017.
Canada’s Community of Digital Identity Leaders 100+ Members
more than ever before, our communities, our businesses, and our citizens are looking to the leaders within the DIACC to help deliver a robust, secure, trusted digital ID ecosystem that works for all Canadians.
The Future of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) (video)
We were joined by Drummond Reed and Alex Preukschat, co-authors of Manning Publication's new book 'Self-Sovereign Identity,' for a conversation on the book's development and recent release and what the future holds for SSI as a technology, architecture, and movement.
COVID Creds
Platform Architecture for Covid-19 Digital Passports
This highlights a couple of key vendor solutions:
Appii – Appii has developed their Health Passport, a service that verifies your identify through a selfie photo, is populated through recording your test result at one of their partner sites (eg. Lloyds Pharmacy) and provides a digital certification.
Digi.me – Digi.me is a specialist in general data sharing services and have developed a number of apps that build on this capability, including a Covid-19 solution.
Health data must be private and secure by design, always
At digi.me, we practice what we preach, with privacy and security always core considerations for our health data capability as well as our Consentry health pass as they move forwards.
How can we make platform livelihoods better for young women, especially during and after COVID-19?
But who is the “we”? The research asks exactly that — who is the “we” that needs to make the platform work better for women?
How festival organisers can maximise Covid safety and eradicate ticket touts
Festival organisers will also need to do better at managing delays than other sectors. In recent weeks, we’ve seen Heathrow airport reporting delays of up to six hours. This would be catastrophic at a festival
Verify Vaccination Data w ZKP using ASP.Net Core and Mattr
verify a persons vaccination data implemented in ASP.NET Core and MATTR. The ZKP BBS+ verifiable credentials are issued and stored on a digital wallet using a Self-Issued Identity Provider (SIOP) and Open ID Connect. […] only the required data is used and returned to the verification application.
JWTs done right: Quebec's proof of vaccination
my proof of vaccination finally arrived, and the result is… actually pretty okay. Still, there's always some fun to be had in zero-knowledge hacks
PocketCred Verifiable Credentials
We at Pravici have been working to build a digital pass that citizens can carry in their mobile device or digital card to prove that they have taken a test or vaccine. Our software application features user-friendly creation of schemas* and proof templates**, as well as QR code technology for credential issuance and verification.
Beyond the Basics
Issuing your own DIDs & VCs with Azure AD
Expert Q&A about SSI with Dr. Milly Perry and Martin Schäffner
In may, blockchain expert & former research director at the Open University of Israel, spoke with initiator of the SSI Working Group at the European Blockchain Association at an Israeli Chamber of Information Technology webinar. (recording)
We asked both experts, which questions they would like to know their peers’ thoughts about. Here is their exchange about Verifiable Credentials, biometrics, pitfalls and barriers, NFTs, the role of governments and the thing that could make SSI obsolete.
Compare and Contrast — IRMA vs Verifiable Credentials
Data Watch
“Secure Platform” for Europe - a Trusted and Secure Foundation for a Human-Centric Digital World MyData
solutions for creating an open and secure IT infrastructure where data privacy can always be guaranteed. […] written by esatus, founding member and lead of the “Secure Platform” working group, a thematic group within the IT Security Association Germany (TeleTrusT).
Schema.org is ten!
Schema.org was founded on the idea of making it easier and simpler for the ordinary, everyday sites that make up the web to use machine-readable data, and for that data to enable an ecosystem of applications used by millions of people. […] if we can all keep these founding concerns in mind as we improve, refine and curate our growing collection of schemas, we'll be doing our part to continue improving the web.
SSI for Europe
Digital Identity for all Europeans
Available to any EU citizen, resident, or business in the EU who wants to use it
Widely useable as a way of identification or to confirm certain personal attributes for the purpose of access to public and private digital services across the EU
Giving full control to users to choose which aspects of their identity, data and certificates they share with third parties, and keep track of such sharing
eSSIF-Lab Principles
Since parties are autonomous, their trust is highly subjective. As a consequence, the idea of having 'trusted registries', 'trusted issuers' that do not take this subjectivity into account basically act as (centralized) authorities, denying that parties are autonomous.
Commission proposes a trusted and secure Digital Identity for all Europeans
there is no requirement for Member States to develop a national digital ID and to make it interoperable with the ones of other Member States, which leads to high discrepancies between countries. The current proposal will address these shortcomings by improving the effectiveness of the framework and extending its benefits to the private sector and to mobile use.
TechCrunch Europe wants to go its own way on digital identity
Alongside today’s regulatory proposal they’ve put out a recommendation, inviting member states to “establish a common toolbox by September 2022 and to start the necessary preparatory work immediately” — with a goal of publishing the agreed toolbox in October 2022 and starting pilot projects (based on the agreed technical framework) sometime thereafter.
“This toolbox should include the technical architecture, standards and guidelines for best practices,” the commission adds, eliding the large cans of worms being firmly cracked open.
A trusted and secure European e-ID - Regulation
The legal instrument aims to provide, for cross-border use:
– access to highly secure and trustworthy electronic identity solutions,
– that public and private services can rely on trusted and secure digital identity solutions,
– that natural and legal persons are empowered to use digital identity solutions,
– that these solutions are linked to a variety of attributes and allow for the targeted sharing of identity data limited to the needs of the specific service requested,
– acceptance of qualified trust services in the EU and equal conditions for their provision.
Beyond SSI
Holochain Gets Some Parsts Upgrades
Tools for Thought Interchange: Part 1 Fission Codes
also known as second brains, digital gardens, or simply personal note taking apps — […] The question we posed was: how do we work on interchange between these systems?
What does ‘Good’ Digital Identification look like?
Not Looking Good
Very Worrying Development Internet Identity: The End of Usernames and Passwords via centralized issuance of a number?
The business models of identity
A post by Verim justifying their pay to play for Identity credentials. Adding another layer of complication
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