I think that a true digital identity is one of the enabling technologies that will transform much of our lives.
The Estonian E-residency provides a path to having a validated digital identity. having community based ID systems struggle with a model to keep them financially viable. So having some mechanism where the ID process is secure and unique is important. It sounds like you have a tool that might be helpful for that. Have you explored Estonian E-residency? Singapore and India and the UN are starting to apply that model. And Estonia has been pushing the idea across Europe. I would love to have my Drivers license be the foundation for a digital id. If you like, I can introduce you to someone who help build the X-Road that is one of the back end technologies to support the Estonian Digital Government. I now believe that internet based conversations (like Youtube comments, Twitter or faceboo) should be backed by a verified digital ID, so that when the trolls start trolling, they get blocked permanently. Anonymous posting is a substrate for troll infection. So meaningful hardware to support a real Digital ID is important. Let me know if you want to do this talk as a Youtube/zoom talk. On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 9:04 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Would it be possible to create a universal personal code? I mean not > > part of a corporation like Google, or a nation, like the USA. It would > > have to be run by a totally independent organization, one that everyone > > trusts implicitly. > > Years ago, I had a business account at Pacific Continental > Bank (now merged with Columbia Bank). I visited the > Beaverton branch perhaps two or three times a year. > At least two employees would greet me with my first > name when I walked in. > > There are people with the skill of recognizing tens of > thousands of individuals on sight. Combine that skill > with vetting and training, and you have the core of an > "identification company", whose mission is to verify > your identity, and authenticate you to others. > > It would be too easy to hack online without the F2F > component, but this could be a two step process, where > the people at the service identify you, then implant a > chip that can (indirectly) identify you by private-key- > signing a transaction. I'd combine that with another > device that visually or sonically indicates that your > imbedded chip is being accessed. Of course, the chip > signature and associated online information should be > changed frequently; the chip might contain hundreds of > digital keys, externally changeable with yet another > digital programming key. > > For ordinary commercial and personal tasks, this would > be a "nice to have"; for an emergency room doctor needing > access to patient records Right Now Only, it could be a > literal lifesaver. > > In any case, something you are, something you have, and > something you know ... and NOBODY ELSE KNOWS, /not/ the > name of your grade school ... are three good ways to > identify you. Somebody skilled at knowing YOU would be > a good fourth way, and how we've identified each other > for millenia. > > Full disclosure: for decades, I licensed a technology > for large dense arrays of truly random, permanent bits. > With modern silicon processes, tens of megabits of > random bits in an area smaller than the cross section > of a hair. The bits can be permanently sequestered > from external observation; one of our clients used the > technique to encrypt physical fingerprints in hardware. > > Now that the patents have expired, it is open technology, > so perhaps I should present it to a silicon equivalent of > PLUG. Next year, after we get rid of the plague, double > entendre intentional. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- John Sechrest . Need to schedule a meeting : http://sechrest.youcanbookme.com . . . . [email protected] . @sechrest <http://www.twitter.com/sechrest> . http://www.oomaat.com . _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
