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Digital identity: Web Key Directory as a possible solution

1 pointsby nicfabover 2 years ago

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raxxorraxorover 2 years ago
Don&#x27;t know why the article got flagged, the topic is interesting.<p>I see a main problem here. I wouldn&#x27;t ever want such an ID and the risk outweigh the benefits. Anonymity serves us far better. It is a solution to a problem while creating even more and more significant problems. Maybe less significant for lawyers, but certainly for the average person.<p>Step two is that services would be required to demand your unique ID for something trivial as age verification. I am not supporting our political executives here. As long as this gets rejected like the old eIDAS, I don&#x27;t see this getting anywhere.<p>The trust not to abuse such ID systems is just not there. That wound is self-inflicted and should not be forgotten.
nicfabover 2 years ago
Some thoughts on Web Key Directory