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Why Decentralized Identity Matters

105 点作者 taylorwc超过 9 年前

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murbard2超过 9 年前
Identity does not require consensus, naming does.<p>If you want to have a decentralized DNS, a blockchain might make sense. However, a global consensus on who controls what name isn&#x27;t as relevant as one would think. As more and more interactions are initiated online, the SSH model of accepting the key on the first connection becomes better suited.<p>How do I know I am connecting to my bank&#x27;s website and not some phishing website? Because it presents me with a proof that it controls the identity of the website where I initially opened my account.<p>My point is that decentralized identity does not require a blockchain. This is the result of people thinking: &quot;hey, what can I do with a blockchain?&quot; rather than &quot;How do I build a decentralized identity system&quot;.<p>The supreme irony is that Satoshi Nakamoto is the perfect proof that a secure online identity needs not depend on a central authority, or a blockchain.
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rabbyte超过 9 年前
I think BlockchainID is a step in the right direction but is it even alive still? The only specification I know of is a draft that&#x27;s now 9 months old and leaves the question of security up to users having a strong password. Beyond that I thought it was just proof of concepts.<p>As someone building an identity system on Ethereum, I&#x27;d like to remain interoperable, but I don&#x27;t know where I would find info unless I dig through blog posts.
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ludbb超过 9 年前
So, the linked BlockchainID, publicly stores all secrets in an encrypted format. Why would that be good, and even necessary for a decentralized identity?<p>It is trying to solve key storage and public identity at the same time. How could it possibly be a good idea to store secrets publicly?
andmarios超过 9 年前
Such a system exists for years and is called OpenID. You can use your own openid provider, or choose from an established provider —which is precisely what you do every time you login to a site with google or github for example.<p>Alas it doesn&#x27;t use bitcoin...
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dcosson超过 9 年前
The biggest thing I see standing in the way of this vision of the future is that it seems to actively go against IT best practices that medium&#x2F;big orgs have in place.<p>For instance, the github example in the article is cool but it seems like every company over ~100 employees switches to github enterprise or a similar self-hosted tool where every employee has an isolated account and it&#x27;s only accessible on the corporate network&#x2F;VPN.<p>I&#x27;ve looked around out of curiosity and I haven&#x27;t really found any good information about building a secure IT organization while taking advantage of modern SAAS products (e.g. github, slack, circleci, docker hub, whatever else). It&#x27;s basically taken as a given that if you want to be secure you&#x27;ll have a corporate network in your physical office and all your important internal tools will be on that network (or an even more tightly locked down subnet). I&#x27;d love to read any resources to the contrary.
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rubidium超过 9 年前
Most companies will, understandably, shy away from letting you take your Salesforce info with you. Closed systems are beneficial to employers. Telling companies to throw away some of their competitive advantages (e.g. distribution lists, best customers, etc...) in the name of open-source, decentralized identity is, I believe, an impossible sell.
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josteink超过 9 年前
The problem with decentralized <i>anything</i> is gainging traction.<p>To gain traction, you need to explain it to people, and not just techies.<p>And most people (even most techies) either don&#x27;t get 1. why it matters or 2. what the heck it means.<p>It&#x27;s usually also offered with a loss coherent and more confusing user-experience than the centralized options.<p>I&#x27;d love for more decentralized systems taking hold, but I&#x27;m not optimistic enough to believe in it yet.
jdshutt超过 9 年前
Salesforce actually does use a multi-organization identity model for SalesforceIQ (formerly RelateIQ).<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fastcompany.com&#x2F;3051088&#x2F;elasticity&#x2F;relateiq-salesforces-390-million-siri-for-business-grows-up" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fastcompany.com&#x2F;3051088&#x2F;elasticity&#x2F;relateiq-sales...</a>