The goal of PlugFest 2 is to issue a W3C Verifiable Credential in the Open Badges v3 format using Decentralized Identifiers to wallets using protocols that are popular in the education and workforce ecosystem.
This article surfaces a synthesis of challenges / concerns about Hyperledger Indy & Aries / Anoncreds, the most marketed Self-Sovereign Identity technical stack. It is aimed to provide both business and technical decision makers a better understanding of the real technical issues and related business risks of Hyperledger Indy & Aries / Anoncreds, which have not been shared and discussed openly or publicly as the author believes need to be.
a mega list of handbooks and toolkits for groups working without top-down management from social movements to workplaces open source for anyone to read, update, share
Web3 digital identity — soulbound tokens, verifiable credentials, and Proof of Personhood projects — represent a credible alternative to formulating digital identities in a decentralized, bottom-up manner.
Although their methods differ, these builders are aligned in the same goal: Enabling individuals to create a rich social layer without reliance on central issuers.
Now, when it comes to defining and verifying identity, a few distinct approaches pop up [Transactional Identity, Personal Identity, Collateralized Identity, Social Identity, Repetitional Identity, Data Identity, Credentialing Services, Authentication]
The plan also signals that Beijing will take a more active role in handling the personal data generated by these platforms. Some of the directives outlined in the plan require any user-facing aspect of the digital human industry to be subject to rules that protect information about and generated by platform users, while also treating user data as a resource to be traded on the country’s new data exchanges.
Thread on the CCG List that is very good:
TL;DR: Apple and Google are incubating a Mobile Document Request API at W3C that creates a proprietary link between Apple Wallet and Google Wallet and the web browser for the delivery of ISO mDLs.
The API is concerning because it lists "Define the native communication between the User Agent and the application holding the mdoc." as out of scope. That is, digital wallet selection is out of scope. Also out of scope is "issuing" and "provisioning". The specification focuses on delivery from a digital wallet to a website.
tldr :: DID is just an URI :: VC is a cryptographically verifiable credential using DID :: SSI is a self-sovereign and privacy-preserving identity :: Non-human (Machines, Bots, Goods, anything) also able to have DID, VC, and SSIs
Digital credentials can be checked in real time, expediting access to trustworthy information. These trusted, verifiable digital credentials are the core digital trust technologies being piloted and the trust ecosystem in which they operate are defined in ToIP architecture, governance, and related documents.
The Universal Resolver can now resolve 45 DID methods, and more are being added regularly. Visit https://dev.uniresolver.io/ to see the full list of supported methods, and visit this github page to contribute a driver for a DID method.
The API is concerning because it lists "Define the native communication between the User Agent and the application holding the mdoc." as out of scope. That is, digital wallet selection is out of scope. Also out of scope is "issuing" and "provisioning". The specification focuses on delivery from a digital wallet to a website.
The aim of this public-private cooperation is to strengthen Finland’s leading position in digitalization and support the emergence of investments in new digital services.
“It is finally time we had digital wallets with digital credentials that work exactly the same way our real-world wallets do,” said Mr. Reed. “We can take and use them anywhere to privately prove just what another party needs to know in the context of a particular transaction. We don’t have to go through any third-party gatekeeper to do this. That’s the way it should work in the digital world too.”
O’Neill’s Weapons of Math destruction, Zuboff’s Surveillance Capitalism, and Véliz’ recent Privacy is Power: these may have made it onto your summer reading list. And for good reason: wherever there is new technology, there is also concern for the respect of our European values.
Until now, the eIDAS regulation has only focused on online identification. However, the new proposal – eIDAS 2.0 – aims to extend identity to the world of physical services which can be accessed from anywhere around the globe.
After a tough competition among overall excellent proposals, eSSIF-LAB selected the 4 most promising proposals out of 42 submitted applications. 161 applications were started altogether, from 22 different countries.
Self Sovereign Information sharing, where citizens stay in control of their information by choosing what and when to disclose it, and to whom EBSI enables self-sovereign Citizen-to-Government (C2G) and C2B (Citizen-to-Business) privacy-preserving information sharing.
One example use case is medical records, which are often stored in central repositories and are hard for patients to access or share. Verifiable credentials offer an alternative — have patients store their medical records in digital wallets they control — which solves issues with interoperability, data ownership, and data access.
In this episode they covered the role of the identity hype cycle, how cloud identity is big, complex and here to stay, the importance of outcome related communications and management of IAM and how we're all gravitating towards identity centric security.
New features include credential revocation and expiration, full support for role-authorised issuance, credential issuance based on email verification and asset administration as well as better alignment with the W3C’s Verifiable Credential Standards.
At Energy Web we believe self-sovereign identity (SSI) will become a fundamental pillar of the energy transition, enhancing interoperability and strengthening security for billions of assets, organizations, and customers.
As chair of the Hospitality and Travel Special Interest Group within the Decentralized Identity Foundation, Price is one of the leading voices on how DID and SSI will impact all sectors of travel.
Essentially, the TSA wants a CAT2 system that confirms and displays passenger information, including flight reservation information and pre-screening status, to TSA operators, and that uses facial recognition to match travelers to their photo ID.
The data sharing market is taking off and there is enormous uncaptured value. Many organisations are looking for new trustworthy ways to create value from data collaboration. Individuals can also benefit tremendously if data can be more readily shared across service providers.
You will learn about business models, compliance with complex regulatory regimes, standards, and governance mechanisms. You will be connected with EU funding opportunities, and you will learn how to build successful partnerships with companies and cities
respondents said whether a platform protects their privacy and data was either extremely or very impactful when it comes to their decision to engage with ads.
We all have a cybersecurity problem, and SSI represents the most current thinking to address it. For that reason, we believe that SSI is not just another technology.
Could we establish an alternative market economy, one that is structured around a distinct set of principles centred on care, trust, generosity, the importance of collective intelligence and deep sets of relationships; what would fall away and what would remain in place?
This video shares a talk from the Scottish AI Summit, addressing how best we can support the commercialization of AI technologies to meet real-world needs.
