Re: [Din] WSJ article on Identity and Blockchains

>
> 2/ I though many people in the security community were moving away from
> proving identity, towards systems that prove entitlement (i.e. credentials
> are on a need-to-know basis, so if you were say 19, you don't need to say
> yur age or show id,
> but you can't buy a drink in cambridge MA, but you can in cambridge, UK :)
>

digital id plays a major role for all the KYC/AML - massive market.. + for
employment etc..

like the idea of proving entitlement - works nicely with crypto
charities/aid delivery..

Regards

> bootstrapping something from a BC to provide the credentials is also
> problematic, in that
> BC needs a PKI to know whether nodes are not sybils, spoofs, etc, so we
> have a circular dependance, no?
>
> maybe i missed an important step, if so, sorry!
>
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > I thought to share this WSJ article with the DIN group. Relevant in the
> > light of recent interest in using BC for identity.
> >
> > Advance apologies if it offends some people :-)
> >
> > https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2018/04/03/digital-identity-
> is-broken-heres-a-way-to-fix-it/
> >
> >
> > Below is a link to a PDF version.
> >
> > http://hardjono.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/WSJ_
> Digital_Identity_is_Broken.pdf
> >
> >
> > Best
> >
> > -- thomas --
> >
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