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# Real World Implementations
* [Notes from W3C TPAC on major deployments of Verifiable Credentials](https://twitter.com/philarcher1/status/1570082512122294273) Manu Sporny via Phil Archer
- Steel, Oil Agriculture Shipment into US Customs ($2.3T in good/year)
- European Digital Wallet (€163M funding, 450M people)
- Digital Education Credentials in Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya (323M people)
- Digital Age Verfication (152k retail stores, 200M people)
- Content Authenticity Initative (30M Adobe customers)
- Digital Permanent Resident Cards (14M people)
* [IIW verifiable credentials - Decentralized VC integration with Eventbrite and Qiqo chat. This session will review the implementation process, lessons learned, and community discussion on related use cases.](https://iiw.idcommons.net/11A/_IIW_verifiable_credentials_-_Decentralized_VC_integration_with_Eventbrite_and_Qiqo_chat._This_session_will_review_the_implementation_process,_lessons_learned,_and_community_discussion_on_related_use_cases.) by Mike Vesey, Karl Kneis
## Real World
* [NHS Staffpassport; Based on Evernym Verity built by Sitekit/Condatis; A 12 month experience](https://iiw.idcommons.net/22C/_NHS_Staffpassport;_Based_on_Evernym_Verity_built_by_Sitekit/Condatis;_A_12_month_experience) by Chris Eckl, Richard Astley
> The NHS Staff passport system was created to allow NHS employees to be redeployed between different organisations to meet urgent demand and remove the onboarding challenges when staff onboard with new organisations.
* [Condatis IIW32 NHS Digital Staffpassport Learnings (slideshare.net)](https://www.slideshare.net/secret/JGSugec83U6ouP)
* [Building an SSI Ecosystem: Digital Staff Passports at the NHS](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/05/building_an_ssi_ecosystem_digital_staff_passports_at_the_nhs.shtml) Windley
> How does a functioning credential ecosystem get started? This post goes deep on Manny Nijjar’s work to create a program for using digital staff passports in the sprawling UK NHS bureaucracy.
* [Using Blockchain to Get Information When You Need It from Wherever You Are](http://informationmatters.org/2021/08/using-blockchain-to-get-information-when-you-need-it-from-wherever-you-are/) Information Matters
> The goal of this project is to provide unencumbered access to digital content and print collections while ensuring the privacy and personal identity of each user is secure. Partner libraries will issue a ULC to any individual with either a fixed or descriptive address. Information access will be increased as users gain access to resources and services in those libraries that recognize the ULC.
* [Divitel & Ledger Leopard Team Up to Apply Blockchain & Self Sovereign Identity Technology to Video Distribution](https://www.canto.org/blog/divitel-and-ledger-leopard-team-up-to-apply-blockchain-self-sovereign-identity-technology-to-video-distribution/)
ready to market by end of end of 2022 offering increased flexibility, control, ease of use and speed when managing the access of video distribution ecosystem data, independent of the technology used.  Divitel video carrier customers will be offered the option to include this blockchain module on top of their ecosystems.
* [https://app.slidebean.com/p/6acrochkpj/IIW-April-22-2021](https://app.slidebean.com/p/6acrochkpj/IIW-April-22-2021) RANDA
State agency feedback:
- Identity is at the heart
- Disconnect between the data desired and the data entered
- Confusing fields, more confusing mapping
- Mismatched data
- Stick to 99% of a standard
School has changed:
- Used to be:
- District organized by physical location
- Revenue systems based on seat time
- School buildings
- Classrooms divided into grades
- Teachers as sage on the stage
- COVID:
- Some kids still out of school
- Playlists, virtual classrooms, hybrid
- Access to food. Access to internet. Access to a device.
- Teachers maxed to the limit
- FUTURE:
- Learning Loss?!?
- Social Emotional Learning?!?
- 1/3 of students expected not to return
- Virtual models abound
- Teacher mobility and agency
- Chaos versus Opportunity?
Questions for discussion:
- Identity technical solutions are easy. The data clean up and alignment is the first problem to solve.
- How can self attestation be trustworthy?
- What are the responsibilities of a proxy issuer?
- How far can we move people's cheese before they rebel?
https://unece.org/trade/uncefact/guidance-material
* [Kiva Protocol, Built on Hyperledger Indy, Ursa and Aries, Powers Africa’s First Decentralized National ID system](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2021/01/20/kiva-protocol-built-on-hyperledger-indy-ursa-and-aries-powers-africas-first-decentralized-national-id-system) ([CASE STUDY](https://www.hyperledger.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hyperledger_CaseStudy_Kiva_Printable.pdf)) 2021-01-20
> Since the launch of Kiva Protocol, Davie says global regulators have made significant progress in terms of how they are considering digital identity and eKYC verifications. He sees a global movement towards user-owned and -controlled data, better privacy, and more universal access.
>
> *[...]*
> As of today, Kiva is focusing on building additional ecosystem applications and services to make it easier for all stakeholders to access and use Kiva Protocol. Much of this is being contributed upstream into the Hyperledger Indy and Aires projects, with the remaining components hosted in Kiva’s repository.
* [The Verifiable Economy: Fully Decentralized Object (FDO) Example: Bob’s UDID Document](https://hyperonomy.com/2021/06/15/the-verifiable-economy-fully-decentralized-object-fdo-example-bobs-udid-document/) 2021-06-15
Strongly-typed Code to Generate Bob’s UDID Document
A pertinent example of how this can be applied in the corporate world is this example of the [Scottish Social Services Council uses them](https://www.badges.sssc.uk.com/getting-started/what-you-need-to-know-about-open-badges/) to underpin workforce learning. The BCS describes this as the [future of professional development](https://www.bcs.org/content-hub/digital-badging-the-future-of-professional-development/), with many organizations like [Siemens](https://new.siemens.com/uk/en/company/education/teachers/siemens-digital-badges.html) using them this way.
* [OWI Digital Forum Recap: The Rise & Adoption of Verifiable Credentials](https://trinsic.id/owi-digital-forum-recap-the-rise-adoption-of-verifiable-credentials/)
> Trinsic CEO Riley Hughes sat down with [One World Identity](https://oneworldidentity.com/) (OWI) CEO Travis Jarae to have a one-on-one conversation about [“The Rise & Adoption of Verifiable Credentials”](https://oneworldidentity.com/session/trinsic/). Below is a short summary
* [25+ Proof of Concepts (PoCs) for Verifiable Credentials](https://academy.affinidi.com/25-proof-of-concept-poc-for-verifiable-credentials-edf684b592f2) Affinidi
> Today, we proudly present another 25+ Proof of Concepts for VC implementation. These use cases are a compilation of the [submissions](https://affinidipocathon.devpost.com/) (in no particular order) made by the participants of the Affindi PoCathon 2021.
## Real World
- [DIF F2F demo session](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaNvIorKQ9I)
* [The Missing Network Layer Model](https://findy-network.github.io/blog/2022/03/05/the-missing-network-layer-model/) Findy 2022-03-05
Epic Post
You might think that I have lost my mind. We have just reported that our Indy SDK based DID agency is [AIP 1.0](https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/blob/main/concepts/0302-aries-interop-profile/README.md) compatible, and everything is wonderful. What’s going on?
* [Digitizing the 1st Mile with Blockchain, AI, and Self Sovereign Identity Connecting Coffee Farmers from Field to 1st Sip in Sustainable Supply Chains with Farmer Connect](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supply-chain-revolution/id1496899179?i=1000507363757) Supply Chain Revolution
Think about the journey of a coffee bean from East Africa to the consumer. Thousands of miles away in the 1 sip to field wrapped in a complex, and often unsustainable, inequitable supply chain. There are 25 million people living in the coffee ecosystem, and 2.5 billion coffee drinkers worldwide, and that number is expected to 2-3X in coming years.
## Cerebrum
* [Cerebrum Launches Identity Pittsburgh Initiative in Partnership with Carnegie Mellon University's ETIM Program](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cerebrum-launches-identity-pittsburgh-initiative-in-partnership-with-carnegie-mellon-universitys-etim-program-301616404.html) PRNewswire
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.
### CDE Services
* [Age-Verification Solution TruAge to be Deployed by CDE Services, Inc., Expanding Access to Convenience Stores Nationwide](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/age-verification-solution-truage-to-be-deployed-by-cde-services-inc-expanding-access-to-convenience-stores-nationwide-301597284.html) PRNewswire
"The convenience retailing industry conducts 165 million transactions a day and 50 million of them involve an age-restricted product. It is exciting to announce that TruAge will be implemented into thousands of stores that conduct age-restricted transactions," said TruAge CEO Kyle McKeen.
## Supply chain
* [Identity Terms Provide Value along the Supply Chain: How We Know When to Buy the Farm](https://medium.com/@Transmute/identity-terms-provide-value-along-the-supply-chain-how-we-know-when-to-buy-the-farm-738701967e3d) Jessica Tacka, Transmute
> Supply chain credentialing in the form of bills of lading, certificates of origin, or letters of credit is used to protect honest parties and their merchandise from being confused with dishonest parties or entities that are engaged in unethical practices, such as environmental destruction, or forced labor.
* [Visibility 2.0: Creating Digital Consistency in an International Supply Chain](https://nextlevelsupplychainpodwithgs1us.libsyn.com/visibility-20-creating-digital-consistency-in-an-international-supply-chain) Next Level Supply
> how can something as complicated as the international supply chain take fundamental trade practices and marry them with innovation so we can move at the speed of digitization? Join us for a mind-blowing discussion with Karyl Fowler, CEO at Transmute
* [Identity in the Supply Chain](https://vimeo.com/669713750) Vienna Digital Identity #30
> GS1 is the global association for supply chain identifiers with members across all industry sectors and interacting (unbeknownst) with general consumer on a daily basis. Transmute a foundational member of the DID/VC community and a participant in the US DHS Silicon Valley Innovation Program’s cross-border shipping use case.
>
> - Transmute Deck: [thedinglegroup.com/s/Transmute_Vienna-Digital-ID-Forum-Jan-2022.pdf](https://www.thedinglegroup.com/s/Transmute_Vienna-Digital-ID-Forum-Jan-2022.pdf)
> - GS1 Deck: [thedinglegroup.com/s/2022-01-24_ViennaDigitalIdentityPhilA.pdf](https://www.thedinglegroup.com/s/2022-01-24_ViennaDigitalIdentityPhilA.pdf)
* [eDATA Verifiable Credentials for Cross Border Trade](https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/WhitePaper_VerifiableCredentials-CBT.pdf) UNECE UN/CEFACT White Paper
* [Transmute @TransmuteNews](https://twitter.com/TransmuteNews/status/1572692362148847619) via Twitter
> The "[[Fake] 30TB hard drive](https://www.vice.com/en/article/akek8e/walmart-30tb-ssd-hard-drive-scam-sd-cards)" investigation shows the real impact verification could have on #eCommerce. #verifiablecredentials

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# Compliance, KYC
* [How can self-sovereign identity solve the challenges of KYC in financial industry?](https://yourstory.com/2022/09/self-sovereign-identity-solve-challenges-kyc-finance/amp) Yourstory
Since the same data is required and utilised by everyone, blockchain-based SSI can satisfy the demand for general service for data without creating competition while also adhering to legislation and consumer expectations around data protection.
* [Enhanced Due Diligence How to do it Right](https://cognitohq.com/enhanced-due-diligence-is-non-negotiable/)
Both CDD and EDD are part of a complete KYC process. Identity verification (IDV) at the account-opening stage is one of the most critical moments in the process, but it doesn’t end there: read on to identify when your due diligence should kick up a notch.
* [The Identity, Unlocked “eKYC with Mark Haine” Podcast Now Live](https://openid.net/2021/03/10/the-identity-unlocked-ekyc-with-mark-haine-podcast-now-live/) 2021-03-10 2021-03-10
* [eKYC with Mark Haine” features host Vittorio Bertocci and special guest Mark Haine](https://identityunlocked.auth0.com/public/49/Identity%2C-Unlocked.--bed7fada/ad784008)
* [Self-Sovereign Identity Verification and Background Screening](https://www.corporatescreening.com/blog/what-is-self-sovereign-identity-verification-and-how-is-it-changing-background-screening) Corporate Screening
> self-sovereign identity verification, one of the game-changing [background screening trends of 2021](https://www.corporatescreening.com/2021-trends-interactive-infographic). When combined with screening activities, self-sovereign identity solutions offer opportunities to obtain more accurate candidate background data and deliver it to employers faster.
* [AML Risk Reports](https://www.coinfirm.com/blog/crypto-aml-risk-reports/) Coinfirm
## Literature
* [zkKYC A solution concept for KYC without knowing your customer, leveraging self-sovereign identity and zero-knowledge proofs](https://bafybeie5ixj4dkim3lgivkw56us6aakh6bc3dhlsx5zzohrkzgo3ywqqha.ipfs.dweb.link/zkKYC-v1.0.pdf)
The proposed solution concept, zkKYC, removes the need for the customer toshare any personal information with a regulated business for the purpose of KYC, and yet providesthe transparency to allow for a customer to be identified if and when that is ruled necessary by adesignated governing entity (e.g. regulator, law enforcement).
## Working Group
[eKYC & Identity Assurance WG](https://openid.net/wg/ekyc-ida/). Among the many dots Mark is connecting on behalf of the OpenID Foundation is work with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation, the Open Identity Exchange Trust Framework Initiatives and the Open Banking Implementation Entity.

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## Scams
Scammers Selling Fake #COVID19 Vaccination Cards for Just $20 The security firm DomainTools claims to have seen authentic-looking CDC cards selling for as little as $20 each on domains like covid-19vaccinationcards[.]com, which features a Let’s Encrypt TLS certificate. “Though selling a printed card is not necessarily illegal, the pricing, logo and cardstock of these ‘vaccination records’ demonstrate a level of intent to pass as legitimate cards from the CDC,” explained DomainTools senior security researcher, Chad Anderson. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/scammers-sell-fake-covid19/ https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2021Apr/0077.html
COVID-19 vaccination cards are dangerously easy to fake — what you need to know Israeli security firm Check Point reports that fake American and Russian vaccination certificates are being sold online for between $100 and $200. Fake COVID-19 negative test results cost as little as $25, while (likely fake) COVID-19 vaccine sells for about $500 per vial. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/fake-covid-vaccination-cards
## Standards
* [Introducing the Global COVID Certificate Network (GCCN)](https://www.lfph.io/2021/06/08/gccn/) 2021-06-08
As more and more governments adopt [major COVID certificate standards](https://www.lfph.io/2021/10/12/global-covid-certificate-landscape/) to reopen borders, the travel industry is working hard to catch up on their technology to meet the evolving travel requirements. However, there is still no shortage of complaints from travelers about their cumbersome international travel experiences. 2021-10-12
* [Vaccination Certificate Vocabulary](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2021Feb/0069.html) Tobias Looker
> I'd like to propose a new work item that formally defines a vocabulary for issuing Vaccination Certificates in the form of Verifiable Credentials.
* [Vaccination Certificate Test Suite](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2021Apr/0081.html)  Manu Sporny (Thursday, 8 April)
The WHO guidance covers 28 types of vaccines that we (as a global society) depend on, including Measles, Smallpox, Polio, Yellow Fever, COVID-19, and others. We (Digital Bazaar) thought it might be interesting to see if we could create an interoperability test suite for the WHO Smart Vaccination Card work using the tools listed above.
https://w3id.org/vaccination/interop-reports
[1]https://w3c-ccg.github.io/vaccination-vocab/
[2]https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/interim-guidance-for-developing-a-smart-vaccination-certificate
[3]https://github.com/w3c-ccg/vc-http-api
* [Mapping FHIR JSON resource to W3C Vaccination vocabulary : A semantic data pipeline](https://iiw.idcommons.net/index.php?title=12H/_Mapping_FHIR_JSON_resource_to_W3C_Vaccination_vocabulary_:_A_semantic_data_pipeline&action=edit&redlink=1) by John Walker
The Digital Health Credential System Implementation Guide The Implementation Guide V1 provides a set of baseline recommendations to the CCI community of application and services developers, implementers with which to evaluate product designs. The requirements mentioned in this guide should be read along side (and not as a substitute to) the regulations applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applications and services will be made available https://cci-2020.medium.com/the-implementation-guide-v1-is-out-f958e1fd69b0 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eSrFxFldD6TBkfmOFTXBkBu2TYf3qFv2/view) Covid Credentials Initiative
* [I Want COVID-19 Certificates but I don't want a DID](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqSr0xKcG18) David Chadwick
* [Digital Identity in response to COVID-19: DGX Digital Identity Working Group](https://www.tech.gov.sg/files/media/corporate-publications/FY2021/dgx_2021_digital_identity_in_response_to_covid-19.pdf)
* [How COVID-19 is driving innovation in digital identity](https://www.turing.ac.uk/blog/how-covid-19-driving-innovation-digital-identity)
* [Vaccine Credentials Focus Group - US Subgroup](https://covidcreds.groups.io/g/vaccinecredentials-us#publichealth)
This is the mailing list for the US subgroup of the Vaccine Credentials Focus Group. You can see the group charter [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10iXXW4c-lW9ZR-qey_92006muIBuLt3VN4GkZa214OA/edit?usp=sharing).
Participating and contributing in this group requires a CCI membership, open and free to all (organizations and individuals). If you are not a CCI member yet, please request a membership agreement at [https://www.covidcreds.org/#Join](https://www.covidcreds.org/#Join).
## Explainer
* [A Goldilocks point for Digitised Vaccination Certificates](https://lockstep.com.au/a-goldilocks-point-for-digitised-vaccination-certificates/)
* [Digital identity is critical in the new world since covid](https://digitalidentity.nz/2021/11/17/digital-identity-is-critical-in-the-new-world-since-covid/) DigitalID NZ 2021-11-17
The value of verifiable credentials in the evolving digital identity landscape In my recent podcast with [Brad Carr](https://www.iif.com/Staff-and-Authors/uid/46/BradCarr) of the [Institute of International Finance](https://www.iif.com/Publications/ID/4304/FRT-Episode-87-Digital-Identity-with-SecureKey-CEO-Greg-Wolfond), we discussed how digital identity and verified credentials can support a digital-first world, something that’s extremely relevant amid the current pandemic. https://verified.me/blog/the-value-of-verifiable-credentials-in-the-evolving-digital-identity-landscape/ Verified Me
* [Freedom, Privacy and the Covid Pandemic](https://blokbioscience.com/video/freedom-privacy-covid/) BLOK
It’s quite important to outline the difference between #selfsovereignidentity and centralised solutions in the development of #covid #vaccinepassports.<br><br>The former requires zero trust on third parties, the latter is prone to hacking and abuse.
* [SSI COVID Passports: Why, What and How](https://noha-abuaesh.medium.com/ssi-covid-passports-why-what-and-how-6f450fddfabf) Noha Abuaesh
What if people can prove their COVID status to different entities, prove that they are authentic and prove they were intended for them, without having to reveal any of their personal information; not even their names?
* [The inevitable vaccine passports Or, are they actually inevitable?](https://trustoverip.substack.com/p/the-inevitable-vaccine-passports)
Until the time digital records for vaccination are as simple and do not require a second thought around wallet/app/credential format etc - we have a long way to go before they are inevitable.
* [Evernym: Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Credentials in the Time of COVID-19](https://www.hyperledger.org/event/hyperledger-in-depth-an-hour-with-evernym-building-post-covid-19-world-with-ssi) Hyperledger
> This session will focus on the analysis and discussion of two use cases where legacy identity solutions were unable to meet the needs, but ledger based solutions have been successful: covid credentials for travel, and employment credentials for staff movements.
* [Not too much identity technology, and not too little](https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news/not-too-much-identity-technology-and-not-too-little)
> We should digitize nothing more and nothing less than the fact that someone received their vaccine.  A verifiable credential carrying this information would include the place, date and time, the type of vaccine, and the medico who administered or witnessed the shot.  The underlying technology should be robust, mature and proven at scale ― as is PKI and public key certificates
* [A trusted internet. Easy and secure. For everyone.](https://esatus.com/solutions/self-self-sovereign-identity/?lang=en) Enabled by digital credentials and SSI technology.
Already today, credentials are being used in a wide variety of applications, such as a digital identity card, a work permit or a test certificate. We would like to explain the functionality and potential use cases for credentials by following our protagonist called Sam, who has just completed a Covid-19 rapid test.
* [Our digital future and economic recovery rests on getting digital ID right](https://diacc.ca/2021/05/31/our-digital-future-and-economic-recovery-rests-on-getting-digital-id-right/) 2021-05-31
With digital identity done right, a vaccine proof (passport) would allow Canadians to securely prove who they are, verify that they were vaccinated, and have a digital credential to use in any instance that requires it — all in a safe and secure way that does not divulge any other private health record.
* [How festival organisers can maximise Covid safety and eradicate ticket touts](https://blokbioscience.com/articles/how-festival-organisers-can-maximise-covid-safety-and-eradicate-ticket-touts/#respond)
> Festival organisers will also need to do better at managing delays than other sectors. In recent weeks, we’ve seen [Heathrow airport reporting delays of up to six hours](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56743571). This would be catastrophic at a festival – to keep festival goers waiting, after they have already waited for months to have a great time, would only lead to frustration and likely cause a bad reputation for the festival itself.
* [@maheshbalan shares](https://twitter.com/maheshbalan/status/1352049833419239428)
> My presentation at the @Hyperledger Healthcare SIG about #VerifiableCredentials for Covid-19 - How a cryptographically secure digital credential can be used instead of paper documents. (Video)
* [Blueprint for a Digital Health Pass](https://www.kuppingercole.com/blog/bailey/blueprint-for-a-digital-health-pass) Kuppinger Cole
Binding an identity to a Verifiable Credential remains valid beyond the point of verification by being able to match a real-time biometric data point with one which was logged at the point of verification
* [Setting up digital ID regime could provide boost to post-pandemic recovery](https://diacc.ca/2021/04/22/setting-up-digital-id-regime-could-provide-boost-to-post-pandemic-recovery/) 2021-04-22
> If the global pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that the need for reliable and secure data is paramount as businesses, governments, and Canadians from Vancouver to Quebec City to Charlottetown and everywhere in between move online.
* [Working Together on What “Good” Looks Like](https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2021/02/12/working-together-on-what-good-looks-like) - Hyperledger 2021-02-12
> This initiative is intended to define, in the context of test results and vaccination records for opening up borders for travel and commerce, a high bar for implementations of identity and credentialing systems to meet with regards to privacy, ethics and portability. They will also work with the implementers of such systems to converge towards common standards and governance.
Immunity passports' could speed up return to work after Covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/immunity-passports-could-speed-up-return-to-work-after-covid-19
* What are, in your opinion, the riskiest assumptions when writing an Software Development Kit?
* For you, what are the most promising SSI projects or repos?
* What do you believe are the bottlenecks for the cross-ledger SSI? How soon can we see cross-ledger credentials exchanges?
* What are the upsides of using Zero MQ over a common HTTP Rest connection?
* How hard would it be to replace the current Transport Layer Security architecture with SSI?
* Why was Rust chosen to write Indy-SDK?
* Specific roadblocks other people in this space should look out for?
* What are the books you have recommended most to others?
* [Identity Ownership and Security in the Wake of the Pandemic](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/blog/posts/2021/identity-ownership-security.html)
Highlights from Ping Identity’s Andre Durand, and Richard Bird on an episode of Ping’s new podast *[Hello User](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/company/podcast.html)*
> we explore how the pandemic has opened up an opportunity to shape the future of personal identity.
> - Takeaway #1: We digitized much of our economy during the pandemic but neglected one important aspect: identity.
> - Takeaway #2: Third parties have much more control over digital identity than individuals.
> - Takeaway #3: We’re on the cusp of a tectonic shift in the notion of digital identity.
> - Takeaway #4: The pandemic has accelerated the changes needed to shape the future of digital identity security.
> - Takeaway #5: Moving control of digital identity to the individual will dramatically change our current identity and access management systems.
* [From Closed Loop Systems to Open World COVID Credentials Exchange](https://www.lfph.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CCI-Summit-Summary-Report-From-Closed-to-Open.pdf) CCI Report
> This summit, convened by CCI, was designed to beginarticulating a roadmap to get from closed loop systems to an open systemwhere it doesn’t matter if issuers, holders and verifiers are using the tool provided by the same solution provider as long as all solution providers are building on a certain common ground.The discussion focused on domestic reopening use cases using the US as the context.
* [Unlocking the Value of Verifiable Credentials in the Health Sector](https://www.affinidi.com/post/unlocking-the-value-of-verifiable-credentials-in-the-health-sector) Affinidi
- Digital Infrastructure for Vaccination Open Credentialing (DIVOC) - This is an open-source platform that enables countries to digitally orchestrate country-wide health campaigns such as vaccinations and certifications.
- EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU-DCC) - This specification allows EU citizens and residents to have their digital health certificates issued and verified across the EU.
- Smart Health Card (SHC) - This initiative encourages the development of open standards and technologies to connect people with their health data. Led by Microsoft, Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), The Commons Project, and The MITRE Corporation, SHCs are seeing wide adoption across North America.
- International Civil Aviation Organisation - Visible Digital Seal (ICAO-VDS) - This is a travel document verification to re-establish travel and trade through aviation.
## Official ID
* [COVID-19 as a Catalyst for the Advancement of Digital Identity](https://www.perkinscoie.com/images/content/2/4/247949/2021-Perkins-Coie-LLP-Health-Passport-White-Paper.pdf) Perkins Cole
This article discusses areas of law that are developing rapidly [...] our goal is to address some of the legal considerations that health certificates raise with respect to, and in the context of, the development of a comprehensive system of digital identity management.
* [SITA Publishes 18-Month Plan for Digital Transformation in Air Travel](https://www.sita.aero/globalassets/docs/brochures/your-runway-to-success.pdf)
This paper explores the five key challenges facing the industry and the IT investment priorities that have the greatest potential to support governments, airports, and airlines over the next 18 months to rebuild a strong and agile business.
* [Covid-19 spurs national plans to give citizens digital identities](https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KsfPtESFkP4J:https://www.economist.com/international/2020/12/07/covid-19-spurs-national-plans-to-give-citizens-digital-identities) 2020-12-07
> The MOSIP project, which got going in March 2018, is nested in Bangalore’s International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-B) and endowed with funding of $16m from the Omidyar Network, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Tata Trusts.
* [Digital Health Passports for COVID-19](https://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/collegeofsocialsciencesandinternationalstudies/lawimages/research/Policy_brief_-_Digital_Health_Passports_COVID-19_-_Beduschi.pdf)
> This is a study of Digital Health Passports relating the benefits in managing the pandemic, while also detailing concerns around data protection and the private information at risk of being over-exposed. Recommendations include:
* [WHO goes there? Vaccination Certificates Technology and Identity](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-goes-vaccination-certificates-technology-identity-stephen-wilson/) Stephen Wilson
> Based on experience building a mobile credentials wallet for the Department of Homeland Security, I argue the proper goal of a digital vaccination certificate should be confined to representing nothing more and nothing less than the fact that someone received their jab. Such a Verifiable Credential would include the place, date and time, the type of vaccine, and the medico who administered or witnessed the jab.
* [We don’t need immunity passports, we need verifiable credentials](https://cointelegraph.com/news/we-don-t-need-immunity-passports-we-need-verifiable-credentials)
> Paper certificates, PDFs, wristbands and mobile apps have all been suggested — and the former director of the Centers for Disease Control, Tom Frieden, and international human rights attorney Aaron Schwid [urged](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/21/tom-frieden-covid-immunity-passports/) the adoption of digital “immunity passports” as a way to reopen the world. 2020-12-21
In theory, their idea is great. In practice, it’s terrible. Or, as the Daily Beast [put](https://www.thedailybeast.com/vaccine-passports-are-big-techs-latest-dystopian-nightmare) it: “Vaccine Passports Are Big Tech’s Latest Dystopian Nightmare.”
- [Response to Ada Lovelace Institute: Vaccine passports and COVID status apps: Call for Public Evidence](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ykUUDak47lYkUJeZvxs7FxDyy8bQ48FkF47IxMclppE/edit?usp=sharing)
- [Response to WHO Interim Guidance for Development a Smart Vaccination Certificate](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HwWUxMY2EynkWFrlNQqh8IF7rE_5aFn74ZreYq0IAYg/edit?usp=sharing)
- [Response to Call for Evidence: UK Parliament Covid 19 Vaccine Certification](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y5vyLzsVUzhiFNcWHGHLVlQHnRad73q3F50a-8gr83Y/edit?usp=sharing) (Still open for contribution)
* [Covid-19 Vaccination Passes Could Cataylze Self-Sovereign Identity Adoption](https://hackernoon.com/covid-19-vaccination-passes-could-cataylze-self-sovereign-identity-adoption-6x3m3563)
* [Governor Cuomo Announces Launch of Excelsior Pass Plus to Support the Safe, Secure Return of Tourism and Business Travel](https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-launch-excelsior-pass-plus-support-safe-secure-return-tourism-and) NYS Gov
Excelsior Pass Plus, a result of the strategic partnership between New York State and VCI, will provide New Yorkers safe access to retrieve a secure, digital copy of their COVID-19 vaccination record using the [SMART Health Cards Framework](https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=c0acc09b-9f37f85c-c0ae39ae-000babd9f75c-7271080d81ab95a1&q=1&e=61cb6a92-1e48-44b8-96be-e1dd24b53960&u=https%3A//vci.org/about#smart-health) - making their interstate and international travel and commerce experiences safer, contact-less, and more seamless.
LFPH Calls for Coordination of Digital Vaccination Records Using Open Standards
The CCI community collaborated with Linux Foundation Public Health to write a letter to the Biden Administration about how Verifiable Credentials could be used to support re-opening the economy.<br><br>"Some states and other countries have started to pilot this approach, as have various industries like film and aviation. But, the inconsistent use of standards and varying implementations have already led to confusion and public concern. An effort coordinated at the federal level would lead most quickly to uniform adoption and true inter-state and cross-domain interoperability." https://www.lfph.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LFPH-Calls-for-Coordination-of-Digital-Vaccination-Records-Using-Open-Standards.pdf
* [Digital vaccine certificate looms as HR's next problem](https://searchhrsoftware.techtarget.com/news/252494706/Digital-vaccine-certificate-looms-as-HRs-next-problem)
> It's going to take a while for the efforts to sort themselves out, Beck said, but he believes it will happen by the fall or year-end. Government funding may be forthcoming.
>
> Based on what Biden has said generally about public health, Beck believes the new administration plans to make "a big commitment to health equity and improving public health systems broadly," he said.
The EU previously announced fully vaccinated Americans could travel this summer and regional EU travellers could potentially use an [EU Digital COVID Certificate](https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19-vaccines-europeans/eu-digital-covid-certificate_en?ref=hackernoon.com#how-will-the-certificate-work) as early as July 1.
* [Covid Vaccinations ‘Data Donor’ Program](https://digitalscot.net/covid-vaccinations-data-donor-proposal/) – A Proposal for the Scottish Government
> “The Scottish Government must invest in data, digital and technology in health and social care to help Scotland recover from Covid-19. Closing the data gap in the sector could be worth £800m a year and deliver savings of £5.4bn to NHS Scotland. SCD said better data would help to build resilience against future public health challenges, which in turn will drive a healthy economy.” - Scottish Council for Development and Industry
>
> Our solution provides a platform for achieving exactly this, both in terms of equipping Scotland with a powerful integrated data environment and also through a framework where developers can further build on this with other apps for a myriad of other use cases. It could be tied in with the [vaccination scheduling system](https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/nhs-scotland-launches-digital-service-for-covid-19-vaccinations/) as an immediate step for example.
* [Understanding the Global COVID Certificate Landscape](https://www.lfph.io/2021/10/13/divoc/) DIVOC 2021-10-13
The DIVOC project is hosted and maintained by [India’s eGov Foundation](https://egov.org.in/) and is available as an MIT-licensed open source software package DIVOC is also supported by various multilateral funding institutions, as well as a community of software contributors and adopters in various geographies. DIVOC’s verifiable COVID credentials have also been tested for interoperability with several consumer-health and locker applications globally; and DIVOC’s certificates from the adopter countries can now be scanned/read/ingested by these domestic and international applications.
### Digital Green (EU)
* [The EU Digital Green Certificate Program](https://www.evernym.com/blog/eu-digital-green-certificate-program/) Evernym
> Although the EU’s approach to COVID-19 health certificates (the [Digital Green Certificate](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_21_1187) implements existing technology and supports both paper and digital credentials, offline usage, and speedy verification, it makes a number of security and privacy compromises. Our analysis found it to be inherently centralised and better suited for low assurance use cases.
* [The EU Digital Green Certificate Program: Analysis & Comparison](https://www.evernym.com/blog/eu-digital-green-certificate-program/)
> The EU has announced a program called “Digital Green Certificate” intended to provide proof of COVID-19 test or vaccination status for EU citizens. The intention is to “facilitate safe and free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic within the EU”. It is voluntary and free for citizens.<br><br>This is an analysis of the EU program and how it compares to a digital credential based approach. Important: this analysis is focused on the technical aspects of the EU program, not the medical or political aspects.
### Vaccine Passports
* [Platform Architecture for Covid-19 Digital Passports](https://digitalscot.net/architecture-for-covid-19-passports/)
> - Appii – Appii has developed their [Health Passport](https://appii.io/health-passport/), a service that verifies your identify through a selfie photo, is populated through recording your test result at one of their partner sites (eg. Lloyds Pharmacy) and provides a digital certification.
> - Digi.me – Digi.me is a specialist in general data sharing services and have developed a number of apps that build on this capability, including a [Covid-19 solution](https://digi.me/covid19/).
* [Coming Soon: The ‘Vaccine Passport’](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/travel/coronavirus-vaccine-passports.html) 2021-02-04
> “The global passport system took 50 years to develop,” said Drummond Reed, chief trust officer for Evernym. “Even when they wanted to add biometrics to that to make it stronger, that took over a decade to agree on just how you’re going to add a fingerprint or a facial biometric to be verified on a passport. Now, in a very short period of time, we need to produce a digital credential that can be as universally recognized as a passport and it needs an even greater level of privacy because it’s going to be digital.”
* [Everything You Need to Know About “Vaccine Passports”](https://identitywoman.net/quoted-in-everything-you-need-to-know-about-vaccine-passports/) IdentityWoman \ [Mother Jones](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/everything-you-need-to-know-about-vaccine-passports/)
> Andy Slavitt, a White House senior adviser for COVID response, specified at a [March 29](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/03/29/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-21/) briefing that “unlike other parts of the world, the government here is not viewing its role as the place to create a passport, nor a place to hold the data of citizens.” 2021-03-29
* [Vaccine Passports Must Leverage Decentralized Identity Solutions](https://medium.com/ontologynetwork/vaccine-passports-must-leverage-decentralized-identity-solutions-d454f9907fe9) Ontology
Decentralized identity solutions offer an ideal solution to the data privacy and identity risks associated with COVID-19 passports and other verification methods.
### Health Pass
* [Why health passes are NOT vaccine passports – and offer greater flexibility and choice](https://blog.digi.me/2021/08/18/why-health-passes-are-not-vaccine-passports-and-offer-greater-flexibility-and-choice/) Digi Me 2021-08-18
Health passes, though, are much more flexible as they provide multiple options. They can still be used as proof of vaccination, if the user chooses to share their health information in this way.
But, importantly and in a crucial difference from vaccine passports, they can also be used to securely display a test result, such as a negative PCR or rapid antigen test (also known as lateral flow tests) today. Additionally, they are also future-proofed for options such as rapid antibody test results when those come into play on a large scale.
## App
* [We are now officially live in Myanmar!](https://zada.io/we-are-now-officially-live-in-myanmar/) Zada
ZADA apps are all launched and our first digital ID – a COVIDPASS – is being issued by Pun Hlaing Hospitals to everyone who gets vaccinated.
* [VeriFLY Lets Users Upload Vaccine Credentials](https://findbiometrics.com/verifly-lets-users-upload-vaccine-credentials/) FindBiometrics
“We envision a world where your VeriFLY digital wallet will provide access to the places you and your family want to visit. And the ability to accept a vaccine health credential will accelerate opportunities to resume activities we’ve all dearly missed.”  – Tom Grissen, CEO, Daon
* [IATA’s digital health passport paves the way to a new biometric identity for travel](https://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2021/04/iatas-digital-health-passport-paves-the-way-to-a-new-biometric-identity-for-travel/)
> As FTE has previously reported, a number of other solutions have entered the digital health passport space in the past few months from various suppliers, including AOKpass, CommonPass, Daon’s VeriFLY, CLEAR Health Pass and IBM Digital Health Pass, just to name a few. Despite the growing competition, IATA is clear that its aim is not to dominate the market, but to make sure that standards are established to create a secure and interoperable solution.
* [Explore Verifiable Health Records](https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2021/10089/) Apple
Apple Announces Support for [VCI](https://vci.org/) credentials at WWDC (Almost proper [JSON-JWT](https://github.com/smart-on-fhir/health-cards/issues/119) but not quite)
* [Ugh! There's an App for That!](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/10/ugh_theres_an_app_for_that.shtml) <-Phil Windley on Vaccine certificates.
Interoperability is a fundamental property of tech systems that are generative and respect individual privacy and autonomy. And, as a bonus, it makes people's live easier!
* [Health data must be private and secure by design, always](https://blog.digi.me/2021/06/01/health-data-must-be-private-and-secure-by-design-always/) 2021-06-01
> But there is always time to reflect on privacy and security, and design from the ground up accordingly. At digi.me, we practice what we preach, with privacy and security always core considerations for our health data capability as well as our [Consentry health pass](https://consentry.com/) as they move forwards.
* [PocketCred Verifiable Credentials](https://www.pocketcred.com/)
> Pravici PocketCred (formerly VeriCred) is built on Blockchain technology, specifically to address credential issuance and verification, such as one for COVID-19 vaccines. We at Pravici have been working to build a digital pass that citizens can carry in their mobile device or digital card to prove that they have taken a test or vaccine. Our software application features user-friendly creation of schemas* and proof templates, as well as QR code technology for credential issuance and verification.
* [Digi.me creates first working UK vaccine passport capability](https://blog.digi.me/2021/03/29/digi-me-creates-first-working-uk-vaccine-passport-capability/) 2021-03-29
> Digi.me’s health pass is built on the same principles as our existing secure data exchange platform, and can be displayed on demand on a user’s phone. It is verified fully private, secure and tamper-proof due to multiple robust security measures including encryption.
This health pass has been designed to be fully interoperable with other international standards, such as the UN Good Health Pass Collaborative, of which [digi.me is a member](https://blog.digi.me/2021/02/25/digi-me-joins-good-health-pass-collaborative-to-help-build-a-safe-travelling-future/). 2021-02-25
* [Digi.me partners with Healthmark to enable Covid testing and verified result reporting](https://blog.digi.me/2021/02/16/digi-me-partners-with-healthmark-to-enable-covid-testing-and-verified-result-reporting/) 2021-02-16
> Consentry healthpass capability is an end-to-end solution which enables users to take a self-administered PCR saliva test, send it in for processing, and then receive an in-app result. Crucially, Consentry also generates a certified and dated travel certificate, together with qualifying details of the test taken, which can be printed, shared securely or displayed as needed.
### MedCreds
- [Proofmarket](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hlR_2yp7EJQqYvxm8mNY-KNgwScTsClKDp6W6yw33Ic/edit?usp=sharing) (Medcreds)
### Cardea
- [Indicio](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vl9IKRg6ygHD1njc8GfnjsQglDOVglBKbuXHSuqQ7T4/edit?usp=sharing)
## Travel
* [The fine line between global COVID-19 protocols and privacy](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-fine-line-between-global-covid-19-protocols-and-privacy/) Tech Republic
> A panel of experts considers the best methods for safe domestic and international air travel including proof of testing, vaccination passports, and digital health passes.
* [COVID & Travel Resources for Phocuswright](https://identitywoman.net/covid-travel-resources-for-phocuswright/) IdentityWoman.net
* [Self-Sovereign Identity for COVID-19 Immunity Credentials](https://www.tcs.com/perspectives/articles/self-sovereign-identity-implementation-travel-industry)
Tata Consulting Services a vision for [how SSI can be used](https://www.tcs.com/perspectives/articles/self-sovereign-identity-implementation-travel-industry) to re-open global travel with the reality of COVID-19.
> SSI still requires market validation, and support for its implementation is currently limited to a relatively small group of technologists and enthusiasts. However, the implementation of SSI in the travel industry at a future point in time, especially once the standards and protocols are production ready and existing user experience challenges have been resolved, is something that all travel industry stakeholders should be watching, waiting and ready for.
* [Jumpstart the Global Travel Industry Using Self-Sovereign Identity for COVID-19 Immunity Credentials](https://www.tcs.com/perspectives/articles/self-sovereign-identity-implementation-travel-industry) TATA
Reviving trust in safe travel is possible using digital identity and immunity credentials.
- Travel bans, quarantines and lockdowns have negatively impacted the travel industry
- Restoring trust and safety is paramount for travel, tourism and hospitality industries to recover
- Self-sovereign identity (SSI) built on distributed ledger technology (like blockchain) and cryptography could be used to reinvigorate travel by allowing individuals to easily and securely demonstrate their immunity status
* [Panel: Paving the Way to a Safer Travel Experience - Heather Dahl, & Scott Harris & Adrien Sanglier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlgXNk4GRLc)
Together SITA and Indicio.tech utilized Hyperledger Aries, Ursa, and Indy to create a secure travel credential that is accepted by airlines, hotels and hospitality partners without sharing private health information. In this panel discussion, SITA and Indicio.tech will share their journey of applying verifiable credentials in commercial aviation and travel/hospitality to make it easy for visitors entering a country to share a trusted traveler credential – based on their health status, yet revealing no personal information or health data – privately and securely on their mobile device.
## Guidance
* [how to re-open our economy while protecting privacy](https://diacc.ca/2021/01/05/protecting-privacy-while-reopening-economies/) Joni Brennan of DIACC & IdentityWoman 2021-01-05
> Without transparent operational guidance, people’s privacy and personal freedoms may be compromised. By having a set of operational rules, decision makers will have the capacity to make better decisions that will enable the public to trust that the tools being implemented have been designed to respect their best interests.
* [Getting Privacy Right with Verifiable Health Credentials](https://www.evernym.com/health-credentials-webinar/)
> Verifiable health credentials have never been more important or more urgently needed. Yet, as an industry, we have a responsibility to ensure that the solutions we deploy today are held to the highest bar and set the right precedent for personal data privacy.
## Demo - Trials
* [British Airways to trial Verifly digital health passport](https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2021/01/29/british-airways-to-trial-verifly-digital-health-passport/) 2021-01-29
> The trial begins on February 4 on all of the carrier’s transatlantic routes between London and the US (currently New York JFK, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Washington, Houston and Seattle).
>
> It will be run in conjunction with joint business and Oneworld partner American Airlines, [which is already using the technology on international routes to the US.](https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2021/01/17/american-airlines-launches-verifly-health-passport-for-travel-to-the-us/) 2021-01-17
### Good Health Pass
* [Implementing the Good Health Pass’s recommendations with Cardea](https://indicio.tech/blog/implementing-the-good-health-passs-recommendations-with-cardea/)
> Cardea, a full, open-source ecosystem for verifiable health credentials developed by Indicio and now a community-led project at LFPH, meets the major recommendations of the Good Health Pass and facilitates the goals of the Global COVID Certificate Network.
Good Health Pass Blueprint and the Global Covid Credentials Initiative by LFPH presented at the [DIF Interop Working Group](https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/Si6s-_rvMU7FuHW6QnJVxW47CFiotXDMWutkWMgePKdSWVhTYyADaldJhvzqOl1JPP297-lvSYXCDuk2.rMFee21Ba1fU6y2R?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=dQ0WNpJPS2WF1QUlmxYwBQ.1624241159436.7617ddee4319249d32a108bb882dc0ec&_x_zm_rhtaid=623)
* [The Politics of Vaccination Passports](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/04/the_politics_of_vaccination_passports.shtml) Windley
> For example, I’d prefer a vaccination passport that is built according to principles of the Good Health Pass collaborative than, say, one built by Facebook, Google, Apple, or Amazon. Social convention, and regulation where necessary, can limit where such a passport is used. It’s an imperfect system, but social systems are.
* [ToIP Foundation Hosts the Interoperability Working Group for Good Health Pass](https://trustoverip.org/blog/2021/04/12/toip-foundation-hosts-the-interoperability-working-group-for-good-health-pass/) 2021-04-12
> The nine drafting groups collaborating within the new Working Group are:
1. [Paper Based Credentials](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Paper+Based+Credentials+Drafting+Group) will define how a paper-based alternative can be created for any digital health pass so access will be available to all.
2. [Consistent User Experience](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Consistent+User+Experience+Drafting+Group) will specify the common elements required so that individuals can easily, intuitively, and safely use digital health pass implementations.
3. [Standard Data Models and Elements](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Standard+Data+Models+and+Elements+Drafting+Group) will determine the core data items needed across all digital health pass implementations for both COVID-19 testing and vaccinations.
4. [Credential Formats, Signatures, and Exchange Protocols](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Credential+Formats%2C+Signatures%2C+and+Exchange+Protocols+Drafting+Group) will specify the requirements for technical interoperability of Good Health Pass implementations.
5. [Security, Privacy, and Data Protection](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Security%2C+Privacy%2C+and+Data+Protection+Drafting+Group) will define the safety requirements for Good Health Pass compliant implementations.
6. [Trust Registries](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Registries+Drafting+Group) will specify how verifiers can confirm that a digital health pass has been issued by an authorized issuer.
7. [Rules Engines](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Rules+Engines+Drafting+Group) will define how digital health pass apps can access different sources of policy information to determine what test or vaccination status is needed for a specific usage scenario.
8. [Identity Binding](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Identity+Binding+Drafting+Group) will specify the options for verifying that the holder of a digital health pass is the individual who received the test or vaccination credential.
9. [Governance Framework](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Governance+Framework+Drafting+Group) will define the overall set of policies that must be followed for an implementation to qualify as Good Health Pass compliant.
* [Dynamic Disambiguation and Deconfliction of Complex Access Controls from Multiple Verifiable Sources](https://iiw.idcommons.net/1F/_Dynamic_Disambiguation_and_Deconfliction_of_Complex_Access_Controls_from_Multiple_Verifiable_Sources) by Chris Buchanan
COVID-19, Good Health Pass Collaborative, Rules Engines, Verifiable Presentation Requests
The transition from contemporary access controls to SSI will need a metalanguage for access control rules in order to allow verifiers and holders to trust the transaction.  Not everyone will know how to write the complex branching and contextual rules logic that make up real life access controls.
* [Good Health Pass Collaborative Releases Draft Blueprint for Digital Health Passes in Advance of G7 Summit](https://id2020.medium.com/good-health-pass-collaborative-releases-draft-blueprint-for-digital-health-passes-in-advance-of-g7-68a48534f024)
> The Blueprint — released today in draft form for a three-week period of stakeholder consultations and public comment — is intended to stimulate discussion at the G7 Summit, which will open Friday in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, UK.
For a high level view, check out the [terminology deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fM-EpIdLGdKniFjHR4ZhdgFA-HBSEmpMai8ljqti4Gw/edit) or the [slide deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AibzpUh70UDJVapC2wlICz2voBAMxZLQ_jQOxZwF57Y/edit) that was shared on webinars with the travel industry.
* [Linux Foundation Public Health introduces the Global COVID Certificate Network to operationalize the Good Health Pass Interoperability Blueprint](https://humancolossus.foundation/blog/ujalo98s00b93gh7gqkuqd3lfj52xq-cn2ct)
Paul Knowles, Head of the Advisory Council at the Human Colossus Foundation, co-led the Standard Data Models and Elements drafting group, one of the nine interconnected GHPC drafting groups, to spearhead group recommendations on data elements, common models for data exchange, and semantic harmonization. The recommendations of that drafting group will help to enable data interoperability without putting any undue burden on existing health systems and workflows
## Trust Registries
* [Trust Registries - Good Health Pass - DIDs and X.509](https://iiw.idcommons.net/13G/_Trust_Registries_-_Good_Health_Pass_-_DIDs_and_X.509) by Darrell O’Donnell
Trust registries primarily answer the question of how a verifier can trust that an issuer is authoritative to issue a particular type of verifiable credential under the policies of a particular governance framework.
* [Dave Chadwick] The trust registry should not mandate that it contains a DID, The feedback is that it will be a URI.
we are proud to [launch the Global COVID Certificate Network (GCCN)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/linux-foundation-public-health-creates-the-global-covid-certificate-network-gccn-301307874.html), an initiative to enable interoperable and trustworthy verification of COVID certificates between jurisdictions for safe border reopening. GCCN will include a global directory of trust registries to enable cross-border certificate verification, and be a home for toolkits and community-managed support for those building and managing COVID certificate systems.
6. [Trust Registries](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Registries+Drafting+Group) will specify how verifiers can confirm that a digital health pass has been issued by an authorized issuer.
## Development
* [Eight Simple Rules for Creating Decentralized Covid Credentials](https://indicio.tech/eight-simple-rules-for-creating-decentralized-covid-credentials/) Indicio
1. The thing just has to work — This may sound like a no-brainer, but from our experience, this can be often overlooked. Want broad adoption? Your application must be fast and functional. If it causes too much friction people either won’t use it or they’ll look for ways around it.
* [Building an SSI Ecosystem: Health Passes and the Design of an Ecosystem of Ecosystems](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/06/building_an_ssi_ecosystem_health_passes_and_the_design_of_an_ecosystem_of_ecosystems.shtml) Windley
Ever since the Covid pandemic started in 2020, various groups have seen verifiable credentials as a means for providing a secure, privacy-respecting system for health and travel data sharing. This post explores the ecosystem of ecosystems that is emerging as hundreds of organizations around the world rise to the challenge of implementing a globally interoperable system that also respects individual choice and privacy.
* [Biometric Health Card  (Adrian Gropper)](https://iiw.idcommons.net/1A/_Biometric_COVID_Verifiable_Credential https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_773vzcbtSf59oU-iRUfAy5WSz3Wn9JUAvi0hKHE48/edit)
COVID, Verifiable Credentials, Biometrics, Privacy
Converting the COVID CDC Vaccination Card into a standardized digital credential is turning out to be harder than expected. The conversation has become prominent in the news and risks being politicized to the detriment of public health efforts around the world.
* [Trinsic Open Source - BBS+ VCs over DIDComm v2 - End-to-end vaccination credential example](https://iiw.idcommons.net/index.php?title=23C/_Trinsic_Open_Source_-_BBS+_VCs_over_DIDComm_v2_-_End-to-end_vaccination_credential_example&action=edit&redlink=1) by Michael Boyd
* [Safeguarding COVID-19 Vaccines with SSI](https://medium.com/@frank.k./iot-network-security-protecting-covid-19-vaccines-with-ssi-part-1-requirements-b6523a607fbe) Frank Kottler — Part 1/3
Defining the Future of IoT with Distributed Identity Management
* [— Part 2/3](https://medium.com/@frank.k./iot-network-security-protecting-covid-19-vaccines-with-ssi-part-2-architecture-1b5e8e49605d)
Dylan realizes that the identified design requirements correspond to properties that are typically solved by means of cryptography. To embed cryptographic methods securely in their network, VirGo needs to identify both a network architecture and an identity management paradigm that fulfill the design principles when they interact.
* [— Part 3/3](https://medium.com/@frank.k./iot-network-security-protecting-covid-19-vaccines-with-ssi-part-3-identity-management-87c480fb8007)
Dylan has identified the requirements towards their IoT network and possible secure network architectures. Still, two challenges remain unsolved: the configuration effort required to setup device APIs and communication protocols, and the question of how to securely identify and authenticate the devices.
## CCI
* [CCI Knowledge Base](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z0MaGrb-Py7V3ZO4AnmYMHsXNgTmLhVocyaX7ySQ5mI/edit#gid=1671625933)
If you haven’t already you might want to check out this google sheet
As our community continues to grow and the pandemic situation keeps evoloving, this CCI Knowledge Base serves as a repository of ongoing COVID-19-related news, topics, researches and resources which are deem relevant to our community and digital identity technology. It aims to provide an up-to-date database for our CCI members to access relevant information quickly in one place whenever they need it, e.g. doing market research, developing their projects or simply keeping themseleves updated on the news.
If you'd like to submit relevant news or articles for the database, please go to [https://bit.ly/2JfKbpf.](https://bit.ly/2JfKbpf.)
* [COVID Credentials Initiative Update/Overview](https://iiw.idcommons.net/1C/_COVID_Credentials_Initiative_Update/Overview https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11K027LlitWljJu_XNTztqc6BGvhsD8JBX5OkavLEEMA/) Lucy Yang, Kaliya Young, John Walker
CCI is an open global community collaborating to enable the use of W3C Verifiable Credentials (VCs) and other related privacy-preserving technologies for public health purposes.
CCI is hosted by Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH), a project of the Linux Foundation that works with public health authorities and their key stakeholders to ensure that investments into public health technology meet common needs and have maximum impact.
* [COVID Credentials Initiative: Challenges & Learning](https://iiw.idcommons.net/10C/_COVID_Credentials_Initiative:_Challenges_%26_Learning) by Lucy Yang, Kaliya Young, John Walker
* [CCI Introduction](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11K027LlitWljJu_XNTztqc6BGvhsD8JBX5OkavLEEMA/edit?usp=sharing)
Solution assumption with the Good Health Pass is revoking is not necessary as VCs are short lived (solution to invalid credential). Issuers will re-issue vs. revoke<br><br>In many cases, labs are providing incorrect information in vaccination records, which need to be re-issued<br>- Still need to notify the holder that their (current VC) is invalid and they need to take action to resolve<br>- Issuers asking what if we make a mistake – (re-issue)<br>- Holders having problems findin there vaccination VC<br>- Many of the unresolved issues are governance/policy related (for which the “health authorities”) have not worked out the details<br>- Policy providers are applying the brakes through in-grained bureaucracy to produce a perfect standard for their jurisdiction vs. rapidly evolving a common standard and “usable solution” in the short term.<br>- Unclear on how to get VC and underlying data into the hands of holders, particularly as holders don’t have the technology and skills to manage their health data.<br>- Data privacy is an issue across each of the implementers and users of the Issuer, Holder and Verifier roles. Lack of common understanding and agreement on how and who owns and controls the data<br>- WHO standard will likely be adopted in the Global South (hemisphere)<br>- GHP looking to paint a forward looking common picture, including interim solutions (iterate standards)<br>- The number of players (and their levels of understanding/expertise and agreement with the current direction) alone makes consensus very difficult<br>- Paper credentials have been getting consensus on interim solutions.<br>- W3C and WHO are great candidates.<br>- Affinidi is making a universal verifier application (https://www.affinidi.com/)
* [Digital Vaccination Certificates -- Here Be Dragons!](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2021Feb/0128.html)
This is a thread to keep an eye on. >> Anil John writes:
Because I believe that this is an important conversation, I figure I would put together some high level slideware that synthesizes and shares the answers I have provided directly to those who have asked.  I am not in the hearts and minds business, so consider this in the spirit of the quote from Bruce Lee - "Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own."
Happy to chat to share our mistakes, so that you don't need to repeat them, with those who have a public interest focus in this area.
* [Use Case Implementation Workstream](https://covidcreds.groups.io/g/usecaseCCI) [usecaseCCI@covidcreds.groups.io](mailto:usecaseCCI@covidcreds.groups.io)
This is the Use Case Implementation Workstream of the [COVID Credentials Initiative (CCI)](https://www.covidcreds.com/). This workstream identifies privacy-preserving verifiable credentials (VCs) that are most useful to the COVID-19 response and provides a forum and platform for those who are implementing COVID VCs to present their projects/solutions.
## User Experience
* [Covid has accelerated Canadians’ demand for digital ID](https://diacc.ca/2021/02/16/covid-has-accelerated-canadians-demand-for-digital-id/) DIACC 2021-02-16
> three-quarters of the population feels it’s important to have a secure, trusted and privacy-enhancing digital ID to safely and securely make transactions online. The majority of Canadians believe it is important for federal and provincial governments to move quickly on enabling digital ID in a safe and secure manner, according to the survey.
* [Innovation in Digital Identity and Credentials in the Post-Covid World](https://academy.affinidi.com/innovation-in-digital-identity-and-credentials-in-the-post-covid-world-f182a5743ce8) Affinidy
Though we often get lost in technologies, frameworks, legislation, and economic models, it’s ultimately the human aspect that will define the future of the digital identity industry. Bearing this in mind can determine the heights we scale and how quickly we can get there.
* [Their recent survey](https://digitalidentity.nz/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2019/05/Digital-Identity-Yabble-Benchmark-Research-Infographic-May-2019.pdf) found 85 percent of respondents said there was a lack of transparency, as well as concern in having to share data with so many organisations.
* [How to Prove You're Vaccinated for COVID-19](https://www.consumerreports.org/covid-19/how-to-prove-youre-vaccinated-for-covid-19-a5516357574/) Consumer Reports
* [Women and platform livelihoods in Kenya: The impact of COVID-19](https://medium.com/caribou-digital/women-and-platform-livelihoods-in-kenya-the-impact-of-covid-19-954d6b073997)
We are starting a new research project — and we’d like you to join us on the journey. Over the course of 2021, Qhala and Caribou Digital, with the support of the Mastercard Foundation, will work to understand the impact of COVID-19 on young women’s experiences working or selling through online platforms in Kenya.
* [How can we make platform livelihoods better for young women, especially during and after COVID-19?](https://medium.com/caribou-digital/how-can-we-make-platform-livelihoods-better-for-young-women-especially-during-and-after-covid-19-696b3974bf61)
But who is the “we”? The research asks exactly that — who is the “we” that needs to [make the platform work better for women](https://medium.com/caribou-digital/female-livelihoods-in-the-gig-economy-tensions-and-opportunities-f14982b6aaad)?
* [The evolution of Covid testing peaks with at-home rapid antigen test-and-show capability](https://blog.digi.me/2021/08/20/the-evolution-of-covid-testing-peaks-with-at-home-rapid-antigen-test-and-show-capability/) Digi Me 2021-08-20
fixes the pain points of other testing processes – especially as infectious and asymptomatic people can test without travelling – is cheap, eminently scalable, and can be used as secure proof of Covid health status where needed.
* [JWTs done right: Quebec's proof of vaccination](https://mikkel.ca/blog/digging-into-quebecs-proof-of-vaccination/)
Well, my proof of vaccination finally arrived, and the result is… actually pretty okay. Still, there's always some fun to be had in zero-knowledge hacks, so I thought I'd blog about my experiences anyway.
* [The Vaccine Certificate Experience](https://www.webistemology.com/vaccine_certificate_experience/) WEBISTEMOLOGY
Version 1 of the Ontario COVID Vaccine Certificate is a cumbersome experience that needs some work<br><br>What I observed is NOT a user-friendly experience for either the customer or the business. For the experience to be improved it needs to be a single presentation operation of either a paper or digital certificate that the business can verify in one step.<br><br>The advantage of a paper and ID card presentation ritual is that it is difficult to hack. So if we are going to improve the presentation with a single credential as above, privacy and security MUST be protected.
* [Center for Global Development: A COVID Vaccine Certificate](https://www.cgdev.org/publication/covid-vaccine-certificate-building-lessons-digital-id-digital-yellow-card)
Building on Lessons from Digital ID for the Digital Yellow Card<br><br>Covid Vaccination Certificate will be a formidable challenge, not only to international cooperation, but because it will need to be implemented in the course of mass vaccination campaigns across countries with very different health management systems and ID systems and with a constantly evolving situation.
## Caution
* [‘Vaccination Passports’: State of Play](http://www.infiniteideasmachine.com/2021/02/vaccination-passports-state-of-play/) Infinite Ideas Machine
> ‘vaccination passports’ are unwarranted, in practice near-pointless clinically, and potentially risky in a number of ways.
* [Vaccine passports prove an ethical minefield](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496853/Vaccine-passports-prove-an-ethical-minefield)
Any [Covid-19 vaccine passport scheme](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252494730/Covid-19-immunity-passport-tests-to-begin-in-UK) set up in the UK could easily turn out to be discriminatory and invasive, and open the door to worse abuses of privacy in future, say security experts and campaigners.
[Research] [Vaccine passports and COVID status apps](https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/project/vaccine-passports-covid-status-apps/) Ada Lovelace Inst.
*Not to late to contribute to this Ada Lovelace Institute Project the due date is Feb 28th*
> An evidence review and expert deliberation of the practical and ethical issues around digital vaccine passports and COVID status apps

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## Real World
* [GATACA joins EU Commission’s Early Adopters Program as SSI provider in the Spanish group](https://gataca.io/insights/gataca-joins-the-european-commission-s-early-adopters-program-as-the-ssi-technology-provider-in-the-spanish-group)
> In Spain, three universities will pioneer the issuance of digital Academic Diplomas. The issuance will be performed 100% online, where students will authenticate themselves using a digital ID previously issued by FNMT (the Royal Mint of Spain) and stored in their mobile wallets.
* [RMIT future-proofs the university-to-student connection with verifiable credentials in Azure Active Directory](https://customers.microsoft.com/en-au/story/1481006006183422060-rmit-university-higher-education-azure-active-directory Azure AD, ION)
Many of the components we needed were readily available to us within the Microsoft suite. RMIT uses Azure AD today for student and staff login as an identity provider. ION is an open, permissionless Layer 2 network based on the purely deterministic Sidetree protocol based on open standards.
* [Blockchain and the future of Education](https://wellthatsinteresting.tech/blockchain-and-the-future-of-education/) WellThatsInteresting.tech
It highlights the [recent announcement from Digitary](https://www.digitary.net/myequals-1-million/) about having issued over four million digitally verified documents from 100+ institutions for millions of learners in 135 countries.
## Government
* [US Education Department promotes putting student records on blockchain](https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-education-department-promotes-putting-student-records-on-blockchain)
> The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed flaws across various sectors. As a result, a number of government departments are evaluating blockchain-based systems as possible solutions for challenges involving multiparty workflows, record-keeping, transparency and more.
>
> For example, the United States Department of Education recently provided funding for the launch of the “[Education Blockchain Initiative](https://www.acenet.edu/Research-Insights/Pages/Education-Blockchain-Initiative.aspx).” Referred to as the EBI, this project is led by the American Council on Education — an organization that helps the higher education community shape effective public policy — and is designed to identify ways that blockchain can improve data flow between academic institutions and potential employers.
## Paper
* [Blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity and Digital Credentials: Promise Versus Praxis in Education](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2021.616779/full) Alex Grech, Ira Sood and Lluís Ariño
Although the blockchain has long been identified as an opportunity for driving much-needed change in the core processes of the education sector, use cases to date have been limited in scope and execution, with blockchain advocates and education policy makers seemingly disconnected on fundamental issues such as governance, self-sovereignty, interoperability, choice of blockchain platforms and overall trust in standards and the integrity of the infrastructure.
* [Blockchain in the Education Sector](https://potech.global/assets/pdfs/Potech-Labs-White%20Paper_Blockchain-in-the-Education-Sector.pdf)
> Since most of the educational institutes were facing security crises, new challenges are added to the security system to identify and manage the users’ access to these platforms.The most relevant challenges include but not limited to, legacy identity infrastructure, student lifecycle and users access complexity and new cyber threats.
## Explainer
* [The digital transformation of the education sector](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/the-digital-transformation-of-the-education-sector) ValidatedID
For schools and universities, adopting the electronic signature as a tool not only implies an improvement in the experience for students and employees, but it also means a great improvement in administrative processes.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity User Scenarios in the Educational Domain](https://er.educause.edu/articles/2022/4/self-sovereign-identity-user-scenarios-in-the-educational-domain) Educause Review
Due to the high level of international mobility in the academic sector, insular solutions relying on only one national type of government-issued digital ID card will be insufficient; instead, the officials at the federation need to decide which digital ID cards are valid to uniquely associate an individual with private cryptographic keys, similar to the way passports are acknowledged internationally
* [Lissi use cases: Education](https://lissi-id.medium.com/lissi-use-cases-education-c39908690300)
Upon successful graduation from a school or university, a certificate is issued as proof of the achievements. However, these are currently still only issued in paper form and therefore cannot be easily presented to third parties.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity User Scenarios in the Educational Domain](https://er.educause.edu/articles/2022/4/self-sovereign-identity-user-scenarios-in-the-educational-domain) EduCause
The model of self-sovereign identity offers tempting benefits as educational systems become increasingly global and as learning spans a lifetime.
* [Digital Credentials – the new student experience](https://condatis.com/webinars/webinar/digital-credentials/) Condatis
- The challenges universities are facing.
- Digital transcripts and credentials.
- How universities can support students beyond graduation.
- The benefits for universities, students, and employers.
* [Redefining the Student Journey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqQ0FyLaBc) Condatis
Digital innovation has been front and centre in Higher Education since the pandemic. The challenges remain for universities supporting students now and for the future. With the help of Microsoft Azure AD Verifiable Credentials, universities can support student needs effective and innovative digital approach.
* [Blockchain and the future of education](https://wellthatsinteresting.tech/blockchain-and-the-future-of-education/) Well That’s Interesting
The user has one wallet where all their important documents are kept safe and secure. Since this wallet is a trusted source, when they share anything from it, it is trusted to be true and accurate without having to get another party involved.
* [The digital transformation of the education sector](https://www.validatedid.com/post-en/the-digital-transformation-of-the-education-sector) ValidatedID
The electronic signature improves the experience in education for students, teachers, parents, guardians and other school staff.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity User Scenarios in the Educational Domain Gerd Kortemeyer Educause](https://er.educause.edu/articles/2022/4/self-sovereign-identity-user-scenarios-in-the-educational-domain)
The model of self-sovereign identity offers tempting benefits as educational systems become increasingly global and as learning spans a lifetime.
* [Super Skills, a mobile application use case for DIDs and VCs](https://medium.com/@ntonani/super-skills-a-mobile-application-use-case-for-dids-and-vcs-d174467ccf46)
Beyond directly helping children learn in playful ways, this partnership was forged to assist in championing the importance of three learning primitives of tomorrow’s educational landscape: decentralized identifiers (DIDs), verifiable credentials (VCs), and digital wallets.
* [LEGO & Learning Economy: Gearing up with Super Skills](https://blog.identity.foundation/lego-super-skills/) ID Foundation
> The Super Skills app combines a custodial wallet (Torus) and Ceramic VC/storage tooling to give children private, exportable, future-proof achievement records – a self-sovereign educational credentialing system in miniature.
* [When Job Candidates Lie, New Tech From ZippedScript And LearnCard Will Help You Catch Them](https://www.forbes.com/sites/zengernews/2022/09/16/when-job-candidates-lie-new-tech-from-zippedscript-and-learncard-will-help-you-catch-them/?sh=731b54b63ed4) Forbes 2022-09-16
“recently launched [LearnCard](http://www.learncard.com/), a digital wallet for education and employment programmable verifiable credentials”
## Pilot
* [Education pilot](https://www.krakenh2020.eu/pilots/education) Kraken
This pilot allows university students to trade their academic records in a privacy-preserving way, and recruitment agencies to acquire this data and process it, keeping the student's privacy intact.
## Report
* [CONNECTED IMPACT Unlocking Education and Workforce Opportunity Through Blockchain](https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/ACE-Education-Blockchain-Initiative-Connected-Impact-June2020.pdf?fbclid=IwAR22cl_g-DzoZOEBStwKhrsuQpqqA66ZyZhKdd_4NmER2GyDMXbatuUsUuw) ACE
This report is the first phase of the Education Blockchain Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and managed by the American Council on Education (ACE). It summarizes an intensive research project to better understand the application of blockchain, a form of distributed ledger technology, to education. Its content is intended to inform policymakers, technology developers, education practitioners, and workforce entities about the state of and potential of interoperable digital credentials anchored on blockchains. This report also provides guidance to these stakeholders on the effective implementation of blockchain-based digital credentials infrastructure.
## Working group
* [Digital Identity in Education](https://www.thedinglegroup.com/blog/2020/10/4/digital-identity-in-education) Dingle Group
> September 28 the 14th [2020] [Vienna Digital Identity Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Vienna-Digital-Identity-Meetup/) hosted [a focused session](https://vimeo.com/464715275) on digital identifiers and verifiable credentials in education. We have two great updates from Kim Hamilton Duffy (Architect Digital Credentials Consortium, Chair of the W3C CCG and Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force) and Lluis Arińo (convenor of Diplomas Use Case at European Blockchain Service Infrastructure and CIO Rovira i Virgili University, Spain).

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## Company Stories
* [Patient-Centric Identity Management for Healthcare with Jim St-Clair](https://northernblock.io/patient-centric-identity-management-for-healthcare/)
I began working with Lumedic in January of this year, specifically focused on digital identity standards, especially in self-sovereign identity, and also continuing to work in HL7. Lumedic is part of Providence Health Systems, and we play a very active role in several HL7 initiatives for health IT and data exchange. It’s very complementary to the work we’re doing with groups like Sovrin, the Trust over IP Foundation, and so on.
* [The Human Colossus Foundation will present its Dynamic Data Economy -DDE concept at the DIA conference in Brussels](https://humancolossus.foundation/blog/dde-dia)
Promising advances in digital personal health empower patients. Technologically, we could shift from symptom based intervention to prevention and early treatment.  But advanced innovations also generate debates on trust in sharing intrusive data and regulatory compliance. You can find details regarding our panel presentation [here](https://www.diahome.org/en/conference-listing/meetings/2022/03/dia-europe-2022/agenda/29/precision-prevention-in-a-dynamic-data-economy?ref=PrecisionPreventioninaDynamicDataEconomy).
* [A Digital Staff Passport for hospital facilities, DIZME voted best solution at SHACK22 hackathon](https://infocert.digital/a-digital-staff-passport-for-the-safe-mobility-of-staff-in-hospital-facilities-dizme-has-been-voted-as-the-best-solution-at-shack22-hackathon/) Infocert
The hackathon held by INTEROPen, a leading organization to support & accelerate the delivery and adoption of Interoperability Standards in health & social, in partnership with NHS (National Health System) was aimed at developing innovative solutions for the management of access and safe mobility of staff in hospital facilities.
* [Simplify medical supply orders with SSI: Techruption innovation project](https://www.brightlands.com/en/brightlands-smart-services-campus/brightlands-techruption-SSI-simplifies-medical-supply-orders)
Participants in this co-creation use case were TNO, CZ, Rabobank and Accenture. The developed solution can be applied in other industries as well. For example in public services, which are often offered by a network of organisations that are all required to comply with high administrative standards.
## Pilot
* [Self-Sovereign Identity and Blockchain in the Healthcare Industry](https://knowledge.wealize.digital/en/blog/blog/ssi-at-healthcare-industry) Wealize Digital
Healthcare is a key case-use of the SSI model employing blockchain given the significance and scalability of this sectoral. In this article, we give you details about a pilot project developed for the Andalusian Health Service in Spain to evidence the feasibility of a vaccination card according to the Alastria Self-Sovereign Identity system based on Blockchain technology.
* [SSI For Healthcare: Lessons from the NHS](https://vimeo.com/543285754)
> - Lessons learned from working with self-sovereign identity (SSI) at the NHS, and the needs highlighted when leading the frontline response during COVID-19
> - What digital health passes mean for the adoption of SSI
> - Applying the four principles of healthcare ethics to verifiable credential technology
> - The top use cases for healthcare, including “staff passports” and portable health records
## explainer
* [How decentralised identity & verifiable credentials will transform the world of healthcare](https://www.htworld.co.uk/insight/decentralized-identity-verifiable-credentials-healthcare/) HealthTech World
When a medical accrediting agency provides a digitally signed certificate, the healthcare practitioner and owner of that certificate holds the credential in a digital wallet. The details of the credential such as the time stamp in which the certificate was given and how long it is valid for, can be optionally held within a blockchain network, digitally linked to the certificate, this process is called ‘anchoring’.
* [Accessing Medical Records Anywhere](https://academy.affinidi.com/accessing-medical-records-anywhere-a-use-case-for-verifiable-credentials-81a248f9b746) Affinidi
> this workflow doesn’t involve any third-party to store your medical data and this also means no worry about medical data storage policies and the laws associated with it. The holder completely owns his or her medical data and stores it exclusively in his or her digital wallet, thereby making it secure and hassle-free.
* [Verifiable Credentials set to Revolutionize Health and Safety Compliance](https://blog.dock.io/verifiable-credentials-set-to-revolutionize-health-and-safety-compliance/) Dock
By integrating with Dock and utilizing verifiable credentials, the process of verifying a workers qualifications goes from analysing paper-based certificates and calling each educational body to certify the legitimacy of it, to having the accreditations sitting in a tamper-proof digital wallet, with a digital signature signature from the issuing body certifying the legitimacy.
* [TheirCharts](https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2022/01/15/theircharts/) Doc Searls 2022-01-15
If you’re getting health care in the U.S., chances are your providers are now trying to give you a better [patient experience](https://www.epic.com/software#PatientEngagement) through a website called MyChart.
This is supposed to be yours, as the first person singular pronoun My implies. Problem is, it’s TheirChart.
* [Advances in health "must ensure self-sovereign identity"](https://healthcareglobal.com/digital-healthcare/advances-health-must-ensure-self-sovereign-identity?page=1) Healthcare Global
Meanwhile [a new report](https://orchahealth.com/patients-seek-digital-health-to-reduce-pressure-on-the-nhs/) has found that the majority of the British public is willing to embrace digital healthcare tools  such as apps and digital therapies prescribed by a trusted healthcare professional.
Shaw adds: “The vital point to make is this: innovations in health technology must ensure self-sovereign identity.
## Devices
[In 2021, #RuggedIoMD becomes an #IIoT category](https://wider.team/2020/12/23/2021ruggediomd/) 2020-12-23
So there’s demand for a new category of IoT and #IoMD that survives and thrives despite these challenges. Very low power consumption. Lots of storage and caching to hold on through power outages. Ruggedized for use outside clinics. Easy and cheap to field-repair. Lots of smarts inside so they work without an internet tap. Many flavors of connectivity to exploit opportunities as they knock. Open sourced, the better to adapt to new and unplanned problems.
* [Rugged Identity: resilience for Identity of Things to bad latency, signal, power, physical integrity. Mars, war zones, bad neighbors, Great Firewalls.](https://iiw.idcommons.net/11C/_Rugged_Identity:_resilience_for_Identity_of_Things_to_bad_latency,_signal,_power,_physical_integrity.) by Phil Wolff
Problem: So, what happens when you can’t call home to conduct an identity conversation? You’re on Mars and the latency is long. You’re in Haiti and the bandwidth is very limited during a storm. You’re in a war zone and your signal is noisy due to interference.
Rugged Identity is hoped-for resilience from very long latency, noisy signal, low bandwidth, interrupted connections, very low power computing and radio, power outages, and attacks on physical integrity like device tampering.
## paper
* [Technical Design and Development of a Self-Sovereign Identity Management Platform for Patient-Centric Healthcare Using Blockchain Technology](https://www.blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/article/view/196)
Results: MediLinker allows users to store their personal data on digital wallets, which they control. It uses a decentralized trusted identity using Hyperledger Indy and Hyperledger Aries. Patients use MediLinker to register and share their information securely and in a trusted system with healthcare and other service providers. Results: MediLinker allows users to store their personal data on digital wallets, which they control. It uses a decentralized trusted identity using Hyperledger Indy and Hyperledger Aries. Patients use MediLinker to register and share their information securely and in a trusted system with healthcare and other service provid-ers.
## Real World
* [Case study: Gravity digital ID solution enables vulnerable migrants in Kenya to receive consistent healthcare services](https://medium.com/gravity-earth/case-study-gravity-digital-id-solution-enables-vulnerable-migrants-in-kenya-to-receive-consistent-713a78f9e0d8) Shiyao Zhang
For patients who have a smartphone, they can directly view and manage their medical credentials on their wallet application; for patients who are equipped with feature phones, they can interact with their credentials via a dedicated USSD menu; for those who don’t have a phone, the medical credentials will be stored in a printed QR code.
## Business
* [The Future of Healthcare Relies on Adaptation](https://auth0.com/blog/the-future-of-healthcare-relies-on-adaptation/) auth0
Most healthcare organizations are and should be, focused on their core business pursuits, such as patient care or processing insurance claims. Information security and identity management is not their core business, yet is a critical factor in compliant, secure business operations.
## Policy
* ["Member as API" - The Interoperability and Patient Access final rule and Verifiable Credentials](https://www.pocketcred.com/post/member-as-api-the-interoperability-and-patient-access-final-rule-and-verifiable-credentials)
The Interoperability and Patient Access final rule (CMS-9115-F) delivers on the government's promise to put patients first, giving them access to their health information when they need it most and in a way they can best use it. As part of the MyHealthEData initiative, this final rule is focused on driving interoperability and patient access to health information by liberating patient data using CMS authority to regulate Medicare Advantage (MA), Medicaid, CHIP, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs).
* [What SMART on FHIR Means for the Future of Healthcare](https://auth0.com/blog/what-smart-on-fhir-means-for-the-future-of-healthcare/) Auth0
The Substitutable Medical Applications and Reusable Technologies (SMART) platform promises to solve these data fragmentation challenges by standardizing how patient data is accessed and shared. And given SMART’s inclusion in the [21st Century Cures Act](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/05/01/2020-07419/21st-century-cures-act-interoperability-information-blocking-and-the-onc-health-it-certification), the platform will become the standard protocol for accessing electronic health records (EHRs) in the near future. 2020-05-01
## Development
* [Solving Identity Challenges at the Intersection of Education and Healthcare](https://iiw.idcommons.net/21C/_Solving_Identity_Challenges_at_the_Intersection_of_Education_and_Healthcare) by Kimberly Linson
- We have to get to protocol/standards like we did with email
- It will be messy and competitive with new players who emerge and offer more freedom
- Those who can’t adapt will lose ground - need to be willing to let go
- Messaging apps: Signal/What’s APp - PRESSURE...eventually someone will make it so that they work together and scoop up everyone’s business

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# Humanitarian
* [Fixing Aid | Can blockchain help fix the I.D. problem for a billion people?](https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcast/2022/03/31/Fixing-Aid-can-blockchain-help-fix-the-ID-problem-for-a-billion-people) The New Humanitarian 2022-03-31
Ismail looks at the concept of self-sovereign identity, which asserts that individuals must have ownership over their personal digital data and identification, and how that idea influences efforts to create efficient, secure digital identities for people in the midst of humanitarian crises.
SSI Fixes this?
I have been prompted several times this week by this article
- [Can digital identity help with the world refugee crisis?](https://blog.avast.com/digital-identity-world-refugee-crisis)
* [Digital Identity: Enabling dignified access to humanitarian services in migration - PrepareCenter](https://preparecenter.org/resource/digital-identity-enabling-dignified-access-to-humanitarian-services-in-migration/)
The primary objective of the report is to inform humanitarian organizations working with migrants of the opportunities and risks in the use of digital identities in providing services throughout the migrants’ journeys.
* [Can Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity Systems address the Refugee Crisis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewMZQoyGxCs) Lyonna Lyu
we invite you to build hyperstructures with us with focus on NFTs, on-chain music ecosystems, a new generation of DAOs and Zora’s vast ecosystem of tools and smart contracts.
* [At the Crossroads of Digital Imperialism & Digital Development](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Yr9hwMm8s) Berkman Klein
> This panel examines questions of unequal power in the global digital economy (through U.S corporations, China, and Brussels (i.e. dominance through legal rules), and the ways in which this manifests itself in developing countries in Africa.
* [SSI Interaction Patterns; Technometria - Issue #12](http://news.windley.com/issues/ssi-interaction-patterns-technometria-issue-12-620910?)
> While the DID Authn pattern is simple, it is not as flexible as we need in some situations. For more complicated scenarios, we can use verifiable credentials. The first scenario we’ll consider is where the same organization is issuing and verifying the credential.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/revue/items/images/009/411/724/mail/Credential_Internal.png?1621957585)
* [Gravity’s work with refugees in Turkey featured in latest report from Oxford Centre for Technology and Development, “Digital Identity: An Analysis for the Humanitarian Sector”](https://medium.com/gravity-earth/case-study-gravitys-work-with-refugees-in-turkey-featured-in-latest-oxford-centre-for-technology-ecb515a18464)
“Gravity’s work is selected as a case study here because their solution included close collaboration with four other organizations from the start. It thus offered a rife example of interoperability challenges associated with digital ID systems, as well as how the same systems may be used to overcome existing coordination challenges. Moreover, Gravity has made more documentation of this project publicly available.”
* [IDB and DIDI seek Latino projects that integrate self-sovereign digital identity](https://www.explica.co/idb-and-didi-seek-latino-projects-that-integrate-self-sovereign-digital-identity.html)
With the digital transformation that gained momentum with social distancing, the need for Internet citizens to have a verified digital identity is growing. Aware of this, a call has been launched to identify technological projects that wish to integrate self-sovereign digital identity for the inclusion of vulnerable populations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The objective is to promote these projects with financing between USD 10,000 and 50,000.
* [World Bank Inclusion Challenge](https://stateofidentity.libsyn.com/world-bank-the-inclusion-challenge) State of Identity with Vyjayanti Desai leads
> Vyjayanti Desai, Practice Manager for the ID4D and G2Px, two global, multi-sectoral initiatives of the World Bank Group joins State of Identity to discuss The Mission Billion Challenge. The solutions-focused challenge highlights the fundamental role that digital platforms can play in helping a country to effectively provide assistance to its people.
* [Decolonial Humanitarian Digital Governance](https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/decolonial-humanitarian-digital-governance-48b35b05b110) Berkman Klein
> Can humanitarian digital policy be decolonized?
As humanitarian organisations do not tend to traditionally have the requisite digital or technology expertise in-house, they partner externally to achieve their aims.
The provocations:
1. What if shared well-being became the standard of success for our nations?
2. Are we ready to move from an era that rewards extraction to one that prioritizes regeneration?
3. How will we move from an era of destabilizing information into an age of trusted wisdom?
4. Can we dismantle industrial-age silos between work, home, education, play, and community?
* [Humanizing PoSSI- Human-centric structure of the Principles of SSI](https://iiw.idcommons.net/21M/_Humanizing_PoSSI-_Human-centric_structure_of_the_Principles_of_SSI) by Line Kofoed
1. [Line] Welcome and introductions; background information around how this topic is important to discuss
2. Principles of SSI - [https://sovrin.org/principles-of-ssi/](https://sovrin.org/principles-of-ssi/)
3. Sovrin Foundation is working on Sovrin Utility GF and the Sovrin Ecosystem GF
4. Work on the SEGF led to reviewing how we define an ecosystem (see slide for definition) → identity ecosystem for identity services
5. The approach to grouping the 12 principles are intended to enable better understanding as digital trust ecosystems grow
6. Ecosystem of ecosystems will need a foundational set of values and principles and the PoSSI
7. [Sterre] It is good to have the order the principles to help better understanding
8. [Drummond] additional supplementary material to help laypersons understand the PoSSI better
9. [Alex] is the original sequence/numbering sufficient and complete?
10. [Chris] the grouping is more important for the SEGF
11. [please join Sovrin meetings]
* [What are the limits of the private sector in serving the poor?](https://medium.com/caribou-digital/what-are-the-limits-of-the-private-sector-in-serving-the-poor-3ee9a9a468fc) Caribou Digital
A large set of impact investor, international donor, and government anti-poverty policy is based on the notion that for-profit companies can be induced to serve the poor with life changing services like banking or schooling but the limits of the for profit model are not always taken into account
* [Affinidi Partners with AID:Tech — Exploring New Horizons in Digital Identity and Verifiable Credentials](https://academy.affinidi.com/affinidi-partners-with-aid-tech-exploring-new-horizons-in-digital-identity-and-verifiable-661c9e61f7e8)
The relationship continues to grow, as Affinidi and AID:Tech are now collaborating on a new initiative to build infrastructure to power a verifiable credential-based [digital wallet](https://academy.affinidi.com/5-reasons-to-use-an-identity-wallet-c289ba2980cf) with multiple services geared for women in Southeast Asia to help them access government programs, banking, insurance, etc.
* [Rohingya turn to blockchain to solve identity crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/21/rohingya-turn-to-blockchain-to-solve-identity-crisis) Guardian
Dilek Genc, a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh who studies blockchain-type applications in humanitarian aid and development, saysif the aid community continues to push innovation using Silicon Valley’s creed of “fail fast and often,” and experiment on vulnerable peoples they will be fundamentally at odds with humanitarian principles and fail to address the political roots of issues facing refugees.
* [Creating Social Inclusion Opportunities for African Youth with Lohan Spies](https://northernblock.io/yoma-social-inclusion-for-african-youth/)
* [Yoma](https://www.yoma.foundation/) is a youth marketplace that is incubated by UNICEF in Africa.  It enables youth to Learn (through Yoma learning partners), Earn (through employers in the ecosystem) and Thrive by completing Impact challenges (e.g., plastic clean-up, reforestation) that benefit our environment and communities.  All of this is enabled through a SSI-enabled digital CV and personalized learning environment.
* [Why Self-Sovereign Digital Identity Is A Game Changer For Financial Inclusion In Africa](https://www.africa.com/why-self-sovereign-digital-identity-is-a-game-changer-for-financial-inclusion-in-africa/)
This builds on four years of Absa’s work with BankServ, other banks and multiple local and global forums, to set up an industry-wide governance framework for self-sovereign identity, including collaboration with the South African International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) to develop documentation that covers the standards for SSDI management.
* [Honouring Te Tiriti in our work](https://digitalidentity.nz/2021/11/18/honouring-te-tiriti-in-our-work/) DigitalNZ 2021-11-18
We understand that our responsibility to guide conversations and decisions relating to digital identity means that we must acknowledge and understand Māori perspectives of identity. We also seek to engage with the Māori communities we serve to ensure that we are working in partnership and that mana whenua have the agency to inform our future. [Draft Statement of Intent; Te Tiriti o Waitangi at DINZ](https://www.dropbox.com/s/09tfy4m4e6jbq6l/DINZ%20Te%20Tiriti%20o%20Waitangi%20SOI%20%26%20Action%20Plan%20%28V2%29.pdf)
* [Commission puts forward declaration on digital rights and principles for everyone in the EU](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_452)
The draft declaration covers key rights and principles for the digital transformation, such as placing people and their rights at its centre, supporting solidarity and inclusion, ensuring the freedom of choice online, fostering participation in the digital public space, increasing safety, security and empowerment of individuals, and promoting the sustainability of the digital future.
These rights and principles should accompany people in the EU in their everyday life: affordable and high-speed digital connectivity everywhere and for everybody, well-equipped classrooms and digitally skilled teachers, seamless access to public services, a safe digital environment for children, disconnecting after working hours, obtaining easy-to-understand information on the environmental impact of our digital products, controlling how their personal data are used and with whom they are shared.
## Ukraine
* [Amateur open-source researchers went viral unpacking the war in Ukraine](https://restofworld.org/2022/osint-viral-ukraine/)
* [The frog of war](https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2022/03/06/the-frog-of-war/) Doc Searls 2022-03-06
People have changed, because more and more of them are digital now, connected to anybody and anything at any distance, and able to talk, produce “content” and do business—or at least to look and think past national and territorial boundaries. We make our tools and then our tools make us, McLuhan taught. Also, all media work us over completely. We have been remade into digital beings by our wires, waves, and phones. This raises our optionalities in too many ways to list.
* [Ukraine: Why centralized Identity systems can cause a problem](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ukraine-why-centralized-identity-systems-can-cause-problem-freitag/) Andreas Freitag
Let's imagine a country that has a modern digital identity infrastructure. Citizens can use it to identify themselves online and offline, communicate with authorities online, they can quickly log into private services and websites and any documents can be created and digitally signed.
* [Trinsic Launches Identity For Good in Response to Ukraine Crisis](https://trinsic.id/trinsic-launches-identity-for-good-in-response-to-ukraine-crisis/)
Trinsic is partnering with companies building ID products for underserved populations. Through Identity for Good (ID4G), participating partners will receive access to Trinsic’s state-of-the-art infrastructure, enabling them to build their ID products quickly, safely, and compliantly
* [NO NEED FOR SUPERHUMANS!: A practical guide to ethics in socio-technical systems design](https://trustoverip.org/blog/2022/03/18/no-need-for-superhumans/) TOIP 2022-03-18
* [read a summary and watch the video of Lisa’s talk here](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/1.+Dear+Human%2C+The+Future+Needs+You.++Practical+Ethics+with+Digital+Sociologist%2C+Lisa+Talia-Moretti) on our Wiki or on our [YouTube Channel here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmnnj82wpTM&t=20s).
Links & Further Reading
- Lisa’s Ted Talk, [Technology is not a product, it’s system](https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_talia_moretti_technology_is_not_a_product_it_s_a_system), is available for viewing on [TED.com](http://ted.com/)
- [HXWG Expert Series Summary](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Expert+Series) including video of Lisa’s talk
- [A SocioTechnical Process for Researchers, Designers and Creators](https://bit.ly/sociotechprocess)
- The [responsible tech guide](https://atih.responsibletechguide.com/introduction) is full of useful links and insights
- [Ethics for Designers also has practical tools](https://www.ethicsfordesigners.com/tools)
* [We Should Embrace the Ethical Implementation of Digital Identity](https://www.continuumloop.com/embrace-the-ethical-implementation-of-digital-identity/) Continuum Loop
Maybe it’s because of the nature of my job in decentralized identity consulting, but lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of conspiracy theories on social media about Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). People criticize the way it’s being implemented and warn about the negative consequences it will have. It’s almost as if people don’t realize that organizations are already monitoring and influencing us and that Google and social media algorithms have been instrumental in this.
* [Update #REBillOfRights by integrating Self-sovereign Identity Bill of Rights](https://www.loomio.org/d/Wnwo2auX/update-rebillofrights-by-integrating-self-sovereign-identity-bill-of-rights) RE2020 Bill Wendal
#RE2020 applauds efforts to open silo’ed data across the emerging real estate ecosystem, but this blog post reflects the blind spot that happens when well-intended real estate elites discuss the future of open data without including the most important stakeholders: — “we the people.”
* [TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR COMMUNITY CALL ON INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN DATA & DIGITAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE](https://www.theengineroom.org/takeaways-from-our-community-call-on-intersections-between-data-digital-rights-and-social-justice/) The Engine Room
On February 15, we held a community call to discuss our newly-published [research findings](https://www.theengineroom.org/new-research-community-call-intersectional-approaches-to-data-and-digital-rights-advocacy/) on intersectional collaboration between social justice communities and data and digital rights (DDR) communities. We were joined by speakers Temi Lasade-Anderson from [Alaase Lab](https://www.instagram.com/alaase.lab/), Luã Cruz from [IDEC](https://idec.org.br/), Patronella Nqaba from [Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity](https://racialequity.atlanticfellows.org/) and Paromita Shah from [Just Futures Law](https://justfutureslaw.org/).
Cute words from Mozilla
* [The web is for everyone: Our vision for the evolution of the web](https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-webvision-future-of-web/)
we’ve mapped out a detailed [vision](https://webvision.mozilla.org/) of the changes we want to see in the web in the years ahead, and the work we believe is necessary to achieve them. This includes efforts on a number of fronts — deploying ubiquitous encryption, ending tracking, simpler and faster technologies, next-generation internationalization support and much more.
## Question: Does SSI align with these?
* [FRIDA’S principles to guide data and technology](https://youngfeministfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/FRIDAS-TECH-AND-DATA-PRINCIPLES.pdf) Young Feminist Fund
The tech we use should be responsive to and responisble with the climate, environment crises of our time. Frida advocates for the use and creation of volence-free technologies putting first the care of our territories and bodies
They also published this - which is good for all in tech to think about
* [FRIDA Happiness Manifesto](https://youngfeministfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Happiness-Manifestx-web.pdf) Young Feminist Fund
* [Dignified Identities in Cash Assistance: Lessons Learnt from Kenya](https://cash-hub.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/DIGID-Lessons-Learnt-from-Kenya-Jan-2022.pdf)
Because of “know your customer” (KYC) requirements, the targeted community members who did not have a legally recognized ID could neither own a SIM card nor have an M-Pesa account, so a cash transfer via M-Pesa was not a viable option for this pilot project. Cash distribution was done via Flex, a money distributor contracted by KRCS.
* [Opportunities for Integrating Functional Digital ID into Humanitarian Action](https://hiplatform.org/blog/2022/5/18/opportunities-for-integrating-functional-digital-id-into-humanitarian-action) HIP
The [Dignified Identities in Cash Assistance (DIGID)](https://hiplatform.org/digid) project was initiated by a consortium of humanitarian organizations. In 2021, a pilot project was carried out in Kenya implemented by the [Kenya Red Cross Society](https://www.redcross.or.ke/) to enable people without any form of ID to receive cash assistance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by means of a digital ID.
* [Over 1 Billion People Worldwide Lack Legal ID](https://www.continuumloop.com/inclusion-in-digital-identity-products/) Continuum Loop
Inclusion is important in all aspects of life, including digital identity products. By ensuring that everyone is included in the development process, we can create products that meet the needs of everyone [...]
Input from many people from diverse backgrounds is essential to our work on the SSI Harm’s Task Force. I hope you’ll consider [joining us](https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Human+Experience+Working+Group) – whether you want to contribute or just observe, everyone is welcome!
* [Fixing Aid | Can blockchain help fix the I.D. problem for a billion people?](https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcast/2022/03/31/Fixing-Aid-can-blockchain-help-fix-the-ID-problem-for-a-billion-people) The New Humanitarian 2022-03-31
When forced to flee your home from one moment to the next, grabbing birth certificates, school diplomas, and other papers that prove you are who you say you are might not be the first thing that comes to mind. And without those credentials, everything is more difficult when it comes to starting a new life or picking up the pieces of an old one: applying for asylum, applying for a job, or registering to receive aid and other kinds of support.
* [Tech Tools for Human Rights Documentation is Launched](https://documentation-tools.theengineroom.org/) The Engine Room
* [Human Rights Documentation](https://documentation-tools.theengineroom.org/findings-documentation/) Learnings from interviews with civil society documenters and others
* [Tool Development](https://documentation-tools.theengineroom.org/findings-tool-dev/) Insights from tool developers in the human rights documentation space
* [Transitional Justice](https://documentation-tools.theengineroom.org/findings-transitional-justice/) Tech tools from a transitional justice perspective
* [Radical generosity](https://provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/radical-generosity-8063d9edc3aa) Out of the Box from Dark Matter
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?
* [Pro-social behaviours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosocial_behavior) are those intended to benefit others, or society as a whole — for example, helping, sharing, donating, co-operating, and volunteering. Within a community, they’re the behaviours that make it an attractive space to belong to, and which encourage its growth and/or development. It’s a central part of the value cycles that underpin the Communities of Practice model.
* [Disrupting the Gospel of Tech Solutionism to Build Tech Justice](https://ssir.org/articles/entry/disrupting_the_gospel_of_tech_solutionism_to_build_tech_justice#)
What does it mean to include new voices unless we create a context in which those voices are welcome and heard? To create those conditions, leaders in civil society and the private and public sectors must challenge institutional power and center the discussion on core social justice issues such as racism and structural inequality.
* [UPCOMING COMMUNITY CALL & NEW RESEARCH: BIOMETRICS IN THE HUMANITARIAN SECTOR](https://www.theengineroom.org/upcoming-community-call-new-research-biometrics-in-the-humanitarian-sector/) the Engine Room
In 2018 we worked with Oxfam to publish a [landmark report](https://www.theengineroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Engine-Room-Oxfam-Biometrics-Review.pdf) on the use of biometric data – fingerprints, iris scans, voiceprints and so on – in the humanitarian sector. Our report looked at how these types of data were being collected and used, and raised critical questions around potential risks and harms.
> [...]\
> If you’re a humanitarian practitioner or just interested in biometrics and responsible data, please join our upcoming Community Call, where we’ll be introducing the project and hearing from practitioners on the theme. [Register for the call](https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtf-mhrT4iH9JtwHCe-5UG25QeQZnhRigd)
* [Layering Digital ID on Top of Traditional Data Management](https://hiplatform.org/blog/2020/5/20/layering-digital-id-on-top-of-traditional-data-management) HIP
> While Digital ID could offer benefit to humanitarian agencies and beneficiaries, alike, many questions remain to be answered. The cost effectiveness of ID solutions remains to be established. Given that many of these systems are only operating at pilot-scale, it is difficult to know what the primary drivers of cost are and how they can be mitigated. In addition, the digital ID space is fairly young and while initiatives like ID4D and ID2020 are working to drive meaningful interoperability among providers in the space, it remains to be seen what the most effective factors, in addition to open source software, open APIs, and common data formats, can be used to general meaningful interoperability.

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## Explainer
* [Distributed Ledger Technologies, IAM, and the Truth in Things](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV2rLgH9TUE) 2019-06-27 Identiverse Robert Brown
> The Internet of Things has a problem with data silos – it’s difficult for data to move across domains and prove where it came from. Users of IoT data must understand how Things were made and kept up-to-date if they are to know the data received is truthful. Yet keeping Things healthy is not the sole responsibility of a single actor; components of a Thing may be shared amongst hardware and software vendors, system integrators, retailers, system operators, owners, regulators or third parties. Safety and security rests with all involved in authorizing updates, how and when they are applied as well as the right to repair when Things are no longer officially supported. Shared device lifecycle assurance is the basis for verifiable service histories of Things which give data provenance. When data can be proven to originate from reliable sources, its value increases while reducing the risk of using it. Enabling third parties to build value from data would unlock the true value of IoT which in turn could fund its upkeep. This talk will outline how identity and shared ledger technology have key roles to building Truth in Things for a sustainable IoT.
* [Alternatives to the CompuServe of Things](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/07/alternatives_to_the_compuserve_of_things.shtml) Windley
The current model for connected things puts manufacturers in between people and their things. That model negatively affects personal freedom, privacy, and society. Alternate models can provide the same benefits of connected devices without the societal and personal costs.
* [Why Machines Need Self-Sovereign Identities](https://www.peaq.com/blog/why-machines-need-self-sovereign-identities) Peaq
As the world becomes even more connected and more machines are hooked up to the internet, the ability for machines to move, trade and interact securely and efficiently becomes increasingly important to life and business. Today’s centralized networks do not enable this. Machines today exist on closed, permission-based environments which massively limit which other machines can be interacted with, what machines can do and where they can go.
* [Why is Trusted Identity Important in IoT Commerce?](https://dlt.mobi/why-is-trusted-identity-important-in-iot-commerce/)
The evident solution is to imbue connected entities with unique, tamper-evident, self-sovereign, [Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)](https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/?mc_cid=1a98f7f0e4&mc_eid=UNIQID), developed by the [W3C](https://www.w3.org/?mc_cid=1a98f7f0e4&mc_eid=UNIQID), anchored in a decentralized trust network. For MOBI’s community, this is the [Integrated Trust Network, or ITN](http://dlt.mobi/itn?mc_cid=1a98f7f0e4&mc_eid=UNIQID).
* [Self-Sovereign Identity and IoT – insights from the Sovrin Foundation](https://insureblocks.com/ep-146-self-sovereign-identity-and-iot-insights-from-the-sovrin-foundation/) Insureblocks
> Michael Shea is the Managing Director of the Dingle Group and the Chair of Sovrin Foundation’sSSI in IoT Working Group. In this podcast we discussed the white paper he authored on Self Sovereign Identity and IoT. To explain the opportunities SSI can provide to IoT, Michael introduces us to three profiles: Jamie (machine to person), Bob (machine to machine) and Bessie the cow (digital twin).
* [Relationships in the Self-Sovereign Internet of Things](https://www.windley.com/archives/2020/12/relationships_in_the_self-sovereign_internet_of_things.shtml)
> DIDComm-capable agents provide a flexible infrastructure for numerous internet of things use cases. This post looks at Alice and her digital relationship with her F-150 truck. She and the truck have relationships and interactions with the people and institutions she engages as she co-owns, lends and sells it. These and other complicated workflows are all supported by a standards-based, open-source, protocol-supporting system for secure, privacy-preserving messaging.
* [APPLYING CONCEPTS FROM SELF SOVEREIGN IDENTITY TO IOT DEVICES](https://www.theinternetofthings.eu/tim-weingartner-oskar-camenzind-identity-things-applying-concepts-self-sovereign-identity-iot) IOT dot EU
Devices are equipped by the manufacturer with an identity stored in a trusted execution environment (TEE) and secured by a blockchain. This identity can be used to trace back the origin of the device. During the bootstrapping process on the customer side, the identity registration of the device is updated in the blockchain. This process is performed by a so-called registrar. Smart contracts prevent unsolicited transfer of ownership and track the history of the device. Besides proof of origin and device security our concept can be used for device inventory and firmware upgrade.
* [Easier IoT Deployments with LoraWan and Helium](https://www.windley.com/archives/2022/04/easier_iot_deployments_with_lorawan_and_helium.shtml) Phil Windley
Unlike a Wifi network, you don't put the network credentials in the device, you put the devices credentials (keys) in the network. Once I'd done that, the sensor started connecting to hotspots near my house and transmitting data. Today I've been driving around with it in my truck and it's roaming onto other hotspots as needed, still reporting temperatures.
* [Digital Twins and Self-Sovereign Identity: Build the next generation of Simulation with privacy preservation](https://iotpractitioner.com/digital-twins-and-self-sovereign-identity-build-the-next-generation-of-simulation-with-privacy-preservation/) IOT Practicioner
Managing IoT devices and user identities as well as the relationships among various devices and their digital twins face significant challenges. First, a lack of Identity Credential and Access Management (ICAM) standards for IoT creates proprietary standards and a lack of interoperability. Second, the operational lifecycle of IoT devices complicates integration of traditional ICAM. Lastly, ICAM technology must adapt to the proliferation of connected devices. This evolution requires a digital trust framework and the decentralized architecture of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI).
* [Smart Property](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/08/smart_property.shtml) Windley
Smart property is much more than the anemic connected things we have now. Smart property imagines a world where every thing participates in digital communities and ecosystems, working through programmable agents under the owners control.
### Digital Twins
* [Digital Twins and Self-Sovereign Identity: Build the next generation of Simulation with privacy preservation](https://iotpractitioner.com/digital-twins-and-self-sovereign-identity-build-the-next-generation-of-simulation-with-privacy-preservation/) IOT Practicioner
The rise in the use of advanced analytics, machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) today have driven the technology of simulation into the concept of the digital twin. Digital twins are generally defined as a virtual digital model of a physical system that is used to make better decisions about the real world physical system. Digital twins are usually intertwined with sensors and include a two-way interaction between the physical and digital twin.
## Hackathon Entries
* [Decentralized Identity of Things](https://blog.darrenjrobinson.com/decentralized-identity-of-things/) Winner Microsoft Decentralized Identity Hackathon
In a real world scenario we anticipate a software based wallet for Decentralized Identity of Things. That would allow automation of online stores to obtain verifiable credentials programmatically.
* [DIDoT - DID of Things. Decentralized Identity of Things](https://devpost.com/software/did-of-things-didot-allergen-management-in-food-shopping).
Allergen management in food shopping. Based on the concept of ‘things’ having verifiable credentials. [...] Our proposed solution requires a virtual wallet that can be orchestrated programmatically. We discussed how other self sovereign solutions have this capability and confirmed with the AAD Verifiable Credentials hackathon support team that this capability is not available.
## Company Stories
* [More Security in the Internet of Things – Thanks to ETO](https://www.etogruppe.com/en/news/news-from-eto/more-security-in-the-internet-of-things-thanks-to-eto.html https://gitlab.com/anchor-bundle/angular-webapp) ETO
The ETO GRUPPE has set itself the goal of automating communication in the Internet of Things (IoT) and, on top of that, making it more secure against access and manipulation. To achieve this, these "things" - machines, devices or vehicles - must first be given a unique identity. The solution of the innovative corporate group consists of a new type of network and authentication processes that have what it takes to revolutionize the way we use the Internet today. ETO uses a network of distributed digital identities (DIDs) and verifiable credentials (VCs). A side benefit from the perspective of human Internet users: they regain data sovereignty over their personal data. The ETO solution will enable secure logins on both the Internet and the Internet of Things (IoT)
* [Trust but Verify](https://stateofidentity.libsyn.com/trust-but-verify) Liminal Podcasts
Peter Padd, Co-Founder & CEO at Fortifyedge shares how he's built Zero Trust authentication software that provides IoT device OEM's with password-free authentication utilizing Tiny Machine Learning at the edge.
* [Capitalizing on Self-Sovereign Identity for Machines](https://venafi.com/blog/capitalizing-self-sovereign-identity-machines-part-one) [Part One]
> By providing a means to globally define an indisputable link between a machine and its machine identity across different sites, networks and businesses, we can secure IoT like never before.
>
> The filancore integration for Verifiable Credentials is available now. You can learn more from the [Venafi Marketplace](https://marketplace.venafi.com/details/verifiable-credentials-for-iot/).
## Protocols
* [Picos at the Edge](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/11/picos_at_the_edge.shtml) Windley
You can play with this first hand at [NoFilter.org](https://nofilter.org/), which brands itself as a "the world's first unstoppable, uncensorable, undeplatformable, decentralized freedom of speech app." There's no server storing files, just a set of Javascript files that run in your browser. Identity is provided via [Metamask](https://metamask.io/) which uses an Ethereum address as your identifier. [I created some posts on NoFilter](https://nofilter.org/#/0xdbca72ed00c24d50661641bf42ad4be003a30b84) to explore how it works.
## Infographic
* [Now Animals too can have their own #decentralizedidentity to help them send their status updates](https://twitter.com/debimr75/status/1347915348293533699 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErTBmLrXIAYCFpT?format=jpg) Debajani Mohanty
> to the rightful owner from their #IoT devices. #Decentralized #digitalidentity for #IoT devices would lead to #SmartFarming
## Organization
* [Self-Sovereign Digital Twins](https://dlt.mobi/self-sovereign-digital-twins/) mobi
A Citopia Self-Sovereign Digital Twin™ (SSDT™) is a digital twin whose controller has the ability to participate as an autonomous economic agent in trusted Web3 transactions.
* [Battery Passport and the Battery Self-Sovereign Digital Twin](https://dlt.mobi/battery-passport-the-battery-ssdt/) Mobi
> Similarly, a [battery passport](https://dlt.mobi/battery-passport) is nothing but a presentation of data points about a particular battery – who manufactured it, its physical and chemical composition, its current state of health, whether it was refurbished or repurposed from another battery, and so on.
* [LFPH tackles the next frontier in Open Source Health Technology: The rise of Digital Twins](https://www.lfph.io/2022/08/29/lfph-tackles-the-next-frontier-in-open-source-health-technology-the-rise-of-digital-twins/) Linux Foundation Public Health 2022-08-29
To create a pairing between the digital world and the real world, a digital twin leverages real time data, such as smart sensor technology, coupled with analytics, and often artificial intelligence (AI) in order to detect and prevent system failures, improve system performance, and explore innovative uses or functional models.
* [Digital Twin Consortium](https://www.digitaltwinconsortium.org/)
Digital Twin Consortium drives the awareness, adoption, interoperability, and development of digital twin technology. Through a collaborative partnership with industry, academia, and government expertise, the Consortium is dedicated to the overall development of digital twins. We accelerate the market by propelling innovation and guiding outcomes for technology end-users.
## User experience
* [#ResistIoT: IoT as a medium for surveillance](https://wider.team/2021/04/21/resistiot/) wider team 2021-04-21
- Clinical technology as workplace surveillance. Hospital providers talk about their frustration with connected technologies because it feels like their every motion is being monitored and tracked, used by bosses to evaluate their speed and cost efficiency.
- Civic technologies as government surveillance. From [Oakland’s corner traffic cameras](https://www.aclunc.org/blog/how-fight-stop-oaklands-domain-awareness-center-laid-groundwork-oakland-privacy-commission) leading to mass rallies to [Boston Police](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/robots-police-dog-spot-boston-dynamics-a9218491.html) [tests](https://reason.com/2019/11/26/massachusetts-police-test-out-robot-dogs-is-dystopia-on-its-way/) and [NYPD robot dogs](https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/24/22299140/nypd-boston-dynamics-spot-robot-dog), IoT is deep in the creepy depths of [the uncanny valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley). 2019-11-26
- Consumer technology as commercial surveillance. Alexa, Google, and Apple know too much about you and use it to sell adjacent services.
## Paper
* [IoT Swarms + SSI in constrained networks](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15ix2vzR_Dq9xcs-8OY0qBjapy9dpY-WdRKph9SiEY-0/edit?usp=sharing https://iiw.idcommons.net/12E/_IoT_Swarms_+_SSI_in_constrained_networks) by Geovane Fedrecheski
One of the challenges identified by this last paper is the overhead of using SSI, which poses a challenge for adoption on constrained IoT networks. For example, while the Long Range (LoRa) communication, often used in IoT systems, only allows payloads of up to 240 bytes, a single DID Document typically occupies 500 bytes or more. Similarly, messages using DIDComm tend to use at least 1 kilobyte, which prevents its use on constrained networks.<br>Figure 1. Binary versions of DIDComm and DID Documents are needed to allow transmission in LoRa networks. The payload, in blue, is a DID Document. The overhead, in orange, is the protocol overhead due to the message signature.
A low-overhead approach for self-sovereign identity in IoT We present a low-overhead mechanism for self-sovereign identification and communication of IoT agents in constrained networks. Our main contribution is to enable native use of Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and DID-based secure communication on constrained networks, whereas previous works either did not consider the issue or relied on proxy-based architectures. We propose a new extension to DIDs along with a more concise serialization method for DID metadata. Moreover, in order to reduce the security overhead over transmitted messages, we adopted a binary message envelope. We implemented these proposals within the context of Swarm Computing, an approach for decentralized IoT. Results showed that our proposal reduces the size of identity metadata in almost four times and security overhead up to five times. We observed that both techniques are required to enable operation on constrained networks. https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.10232 Geovane Fedrecheski, Laisa C. P. Costa, Samira Afzal, Jan M. Rabaey, Roseli D. Lopes, Marcelo K. Zuffo
* [Self-Sovereign Identity for IoT Devices](https://dltc.spbu.ru/images/articles/Kulabukhova2019_Chapter_Self-SovereignIdentityForIoTDe_compressed.pdf) Nataliia Kulabukhova, Andrei Ivashchenko, Iurii Tipikin, and Igor Minin
in our point of view, a lot of development groups are working in parallel on the similar topics, yet it is not clear what is going on inside. In this paper we will try to define the differences and discuss both pros and cons of using such commonly known technologies as Sovrin based upon the Hyperledger Indy technology, Civic, Jolocom, uPort and some others. Besides, we’ll tackle the idea of using the SSI for inanimate object and how it can be constructed in this way.
## Government
* [SSI In IoT, The SOFIE Project](https://www.thedinglegroup.com/blog/2021/4/6/ssi-in-iot-the-sofie-project) The Dingle Group
> For the 22nd Vienna Digital Identity Meetup* we hosted three of the lead researchers from the [EU H2020](https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/) funded The [SOFIE Project](https://www.sofie-iot.eu/).  The SOFIE Project wrapped up at the end of last year a key part of this research focused on the the use of SSI concepts in three IoT sectors (energy, supply chain, and mixed reality gaming) targeting integrating SSI in without requiring changes to the existing IoT systems.

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* [Credential-based login to a Pico-based application](https://iiw.idcommons.net/11P/_Credential-based_login_to_a_Pico-based_application) by Bruce Conrad
> Verifiable credentials, authentication, picos, pico-based application
>
> The slides are at [https://bruceatbyu.com/s/HRDDSiiw32](https://bruceatbyu.com/s/HRDDSiiw32)
* [Announcing Pico Engine 1.0](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/02/announcing_pico_engine_10.shtml)
> In addition to the work on the engine itself, one of the primary workstreams at present is to complete Bruce Conrad's excellent work to use DIDs and DIDComm as the basis for inter-pico communication, called ACA-Pico (Aries Cloud Agent - Pico). [...] This work is important because it will replace the current subscriptions method of connecting heterarchies of picos with DIDComm. [...] because DIDComm is protocological, this will support protocol-based interactions between picos, including credential exchange.
* [The Most Inventive Thing I've Done](https://www.windley.com/archives/2022/07/the_most_inventive_thing_ive_done.shtml) Phil Windley
every pico is serverless and cloud-native, presenting an API that can be fully customized by developers. Because they're persistent, picos support databaseless programming with intuitive data isolation. As an actor-model programming system, different picos can operate concurrently without the need for locks, making them a natural choice for easily building decentralized systems.
W3C Press Release - [Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0 becomes a W3C Recommendation](https://www.w3.org/2022/07/pressrelease-did-rec) worth reading to see who contributed comments (and notice who didn’t)
For individuals in particular, DIDs can put them back in control of their personal data and consent, and also enable more respectful bi-directional trust relationships where forgery is prevented, privacy is honored, and usability is enhanced.
* [ACA-Pico working group](https://docs.google.com/document/d/12dWUFyL7u6OQkhnPObJOOlV-U2LDoHpF-ZQLj3hXbjA/edit)
* [Picolab/aries-cloudagent-pico](https://github.com/Picolab/aries-cloudagent-pico)
* [Announcing Pico Engine 1.0](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/02/announcing_pico_engine_10.shtml)
> In addition to the work on the engine itself, one of the primary workstreams at present is to complete Bruce Conrad's excellent work to use DIDs and DIDComm as the basis for inter-pico communication, called ACA-Pico (Aries Cloud Agent - Pico). [...] This work is important because it will replace the current subscriptions method of connecting heterarchies of picos with DIDComm. [...] because DIDComm is protocological, this will support protocol-based interactions between picos, including credential exchange.
* [Introduction to Picos](https://iiw.idcommons.net/4C/_Introduction_to_Picos) by Phil Windley
IoT, digital twins, device shadows, Conflict-free replicated data type (CRDT), CSP over DIDcomm
* [https://picolabs.io](https://picolabs.io) Pico Labs
* [https://github.com/Picolab/](https://github.com/Picolab/) repos
* [https://picolabs.atlassian.net/wiki](https://picolabs.atlassian.net/wiki) documentation
* [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/krl](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/krl) programming Q&A
* [Announcing Pico Engine 1.0](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/02/announcing_pico_engine_10.shtml)
Pico is short for “Persistent Compute Objects.”
Why Picos
- Persistent, personal, computational nodes → More individual autonomy
- Computational node for anything: person, place, organization, smart thing, dumb thing, concept, even a pothole
- Better, more scalable model for IoT → trillion node networks
- Picos support social things and trustworthy spaces
- Better sharing, more natural relationship-based interactions (borrow my truck, Fuse with two owners)
- Scales
- Substitutable hosting model → freedom of choice
- pico mesh
* [...]
What are Picos?
- “Pico” is a neologism for persistent compute objects.
- Persistence is a core feature of how picos work.
- Picos exhibit persistence in three ways:
- Persistent identity—Picos exist, with a single identity, continuously from the moment of their creation until they are destroyed.
- Persistent state—Picos have state that programs running in the pico can see and alter.
- Persistent availability—Picos are always on and ready to process queries and events.
Pico Engine 1.0 released in January
* [Persistence, Programming, and Picos](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/02/persistence_programming_and_picos.shtml) -
> Picos show that image-based development can be done in a manner consistent with the best practices we use today without losing the important benefits it brings.
> The project name, PICOS, is an abbreviation of “Privacy and Identity Management for Community Services”. The objective of the project is to advance the state of the art in technologies that provide privacy-enhanced identity and trust management features within complex community-supporting services that are built on Next Generation Networks and delivered by multiple communication service providers. The approach taken by the project is to research, develop, build trial and evaluate an open, privacy-respecting, trust-enabling identity management platform that supports the provision of community services by mobile communication service providers.
>
> Learn more about the [motivation](http://www.picos-project.eu/Motivation.181.0.html), the [objectives](http://www.picos-project.eu/Objectives.182.0.html), [tasks](http://www.picos-project.eu/Tasks.183.0.html) and [achievements](http://www.picos-project.eu/Achievements.190.0.html) of PICOS, and get to know the PICOS exemplary [communities](http://www.picos-project.eu/Communities.184.0.html).
* [Announcing Pico Engine 1.0](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/02/announcing_pico_engine_10.shtml) Windley
I'm excited to announce a new, stable, production-ready pico engine. The latest release of the Pico Engine (1.X) provides a more modular design that better supports future enhancements and allows picos to be less dependent on a specific engine for operation.
* [Building Decentralized Applications with Pico Networks](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/02/building_decentralized_applications_with_pico_networks.shtml)
* [Ten Reasons to Use Picos for Your Next Decentralized Programming Project](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/07/ten_reasons_to_use_picos_for_your_next_decentralized_programming_project.shtml)
Summary: Picos are a programming model for building decentralized applications that provide significant benefits in the form of abstractions that reduce programmer effort. Here are ten eleven reasons you should use picos for your next decentralized application. Temperature Sensor Network Built from Picos I didn't start out to write a programming language that naturally supports

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# Travel
* [IDnow joins Accelerate@IATA to shape the future of seamless air travel](https://www.idnow.io/pr/idnow-joins-accelerateiata/) IDnow
The goal of IATA One ID is to set industry standards that further streamline the passenger journey with digitalization of admissibility and a contactless process through secure biometric enabled identification.
* [Is the biggest tech change for travel since the internet and mobile the shift to self-sovereign identity tech?](https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/video/is-the-biggest-tech-change-for-travel-since-the-internet-and-mobile-the-shift-to-self-sovereign-identity-tech-1594) CAPA TV
- What are some of the benefits of this new wave, such as reduced cybersecurity risk and enhanced travel experiences/personalisation?
- Will this affect the way travel is distributed and paid for change?
- What can players in the established travel eco-system expect?
- When will we see this come about – where will we be by 2030?
* [Q&A: The Potential of Decentralized ID in Travel](https://www.webintravel.com/qa-the-potential-of-decentralized-digital-id-in-travel/) WebInTravel
> Since February he has also been the informal chair of the [Hospitality and Travel Special Interest Group](https://www.notion.so/dif/HOSPITALITY-TRAVEL-SIG-242105321e1747f8bce776bf634a55b3), a subset within the Decentralized Identity Foundation, an organization creating technical specifications and reference implementations for decentralized identity and working with industries for commercial applications of such technologies.
* [SOUNDING OFF: A MAJOR - AND OVERDUE - POWER SHIFT IS COMING TO TRAVEL](https://www.phocuswire.com/sounding-off-144-ssi-power-shift-in-travel) Phocuswire
When this comes to fruition – and not if, but when – it will be a transformative change, shifting power from travel suppliers to travelers themselves and giving travelers more choice, better personalization, lower friction and more security.
* [Businesses’ desire to store less digital identity data stokes travel’s SSI brushfire](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202201/businesses-desire-to-store-less-digital-identity-data-stokes-travels-ssi-brushfire) BiometricUpdate
The potential use cases for self-sovereign identity to transform the travel industry are almost limitless, particularly with the impending arrival of [decentralized identifier communications](https://decentralized-id.com/organizations/decentralized-identity-foundation/wg/did-comm/), also known as DIDComm, attendees of a [PhocusWire](https://www.phocuswire.com/how-ssi-eliminates-friction-adds-control-for-travelers) roundtable discussion on the role of SSI in the future of identity and travel at the Phocuswright Conference 2021 heard from an panel of digital identity experts.
* [Airports continue to deploy biometrics as SSI ‘big wave’ approaches](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202110/airports-continue-to-deploy-biometrics-as-ssi-big-wave-approaches) Biometric Update
The conflation of biometrics and SSI is somewhat disturbing.
TravelScrum Co-founder and Chairman Gene Quinn described self-sovereign ID (SSI) as “a big wave of change that’s coming,” and advised that organizations can “ride this wave by swimming at it, greeting it, and rolling gently over it as it heads to shore, or you can be caught in the shore-break and have it consume you later.”
* [Making travelling more seamless and relaxed](https://www.idnow.io/blog/how-digital-identity-improves-passenger-journey/) IDNow
Until now, we relied on physical id document such as ID cards [driving licenses to identify](https://www.idnow.io/mobility/driver-license-verification/) ourselves in the real world as well as online. Digital attributes and credentials were solely used online. Digital identity wallets, like the [IDnow Wallet](https://www.idnow.io/products/identity-wallet/), are about to change that, as they are simultaneously addressing our digital and real-world requirements by bringing physical and digital credentials together.
* [Op Ed: Sam Hilgendorf On The Role Of Self-Sovereign Identification In Travel](https://www.thecompanydime.com/sam-hilgendorf-self-sovereign-identification/)
* [How DID and SSI will Transform the Travel Experience Market](https://www.phocuswire.com/how-did-ssi-will-transform-travel-experience-market) Phocuswire
Over time the evolution of DID/SSI is likely to be a travel industry game-changer, enabling travelers to manage their own personal information to maximize personal economic effect and protect personal privacy.
The DID/SSI effort is already gaining a foothold in the banking and medical industries. Like travel, these are sectors that need to engage with consumers of all types en masse while requiring proof of identity prior to the certified exchange of digital documents.
* [WHY THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY SHOULD CARE ABOUT SSI AND DID](https://www.phocuswire.com/why-travel-should-care-about-self-sovereign-decentralized-id) PhocusWire
As chair of the [Hospitality and Travel Special Interest Group](https://lists.identity.foundation/g/hospitalityandtravel) within the Decentralized Identity Foundation, Price is one of the leading voices on how DID and SSI will impact all sectors of travel.
At [Phocuswright Europe](https://www.phocuswrighteurope.com/), [Nick] Price explains how this technology – and the trusted, permissioned, secure communication it enables -  will change the way suppliers and travelers interact and eliminate impediments that exist today.
* [Traveller ID Ecosystem | ProofSpace x RateTiger Integration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExHEUpl9lKo) ProofSpace
Guests can reclaim, re-use and protect their personal data, the "Traveller ID", within the ecosystem of participating hotels.
The Traveller ID and other credentials in this solution are Atala PRISM Verifiable Credentials on Cardano blockchain - a global first for hospitality.
* [TSA Seeks Contractor for Upgraded Passenger Identification System](https://findbiometrics.com/tsa-seeks-contractor-for-upgraded-passenger-identification-system-508302/) FindBiometrics
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.
* [You’ll soon be able to use your iPhone as ID at the airport: Apple Wallet is also getting support for hotel keys](https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/7/22522864/apple-wallet-iphone-airport-ids-hotel-key-card-ios-15-wwdc)
Apple has announced a forthcoming update to its Wallet app that will allow you to use your iPhone as digital identification in select US airports. The company showed how you’ll be able to scan your driver’s license or state ID in participating US states, which will then be encrypted and stored in the iPhone’s secure enclave. The company says it’s working with the TSA to enable the iPhone to be used as identification at airport security checkpoints.
* [World's Airports And Leading Airlines Join CommonTrust Network And Begin Roll-out Of CommonPass](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-airports-and-leading-airlines-join-commontrust-network-and-begin-roll-out-of-commonpass-in-december-in-support-of-safer-border-reopening-301179752.html)
> The CommonTrust Network is enabled by a global network of labs, vaccine distributors, and health care providers that agree to provide individuals with digital access to their own health information using open, globally-interoperable standards (e.g. HL7 FHIR, W3C verifiable credentials).  The network includes hundreds of health systems covering thousands of locations in the United States and a growing network of labs and health care providers around the world.
* [IATA unveils key design elements of travel pass](https://japantoday.com/category/features/travel/iata-unveils-key-design-elements-of-travel-pass)
The IATA Travel Pass three critical design elements:
- The IATA Travel Pass stores encrypted data including verified test or vaccination results on the mobile device of the traveler. The traveler controls what information is shared from their phone with airlines and authorities. No central database or data repository is storing the information. By keeping travelers 100% in control of their information, the highest standards for data privacy are ensured. IATA Travel Pass is also built on the highest standards of data protection laws, including General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).
- Global standards recognized by governments to ensure verified identity and test/vaccine information.
- Convenience and biosafety will be enhanced with integration into contactless travel processes. The ICAO CART recommendations for biosafety include the use of contactless travel processes to reduce the risk of virus transmission when documents need to be exchanged in the travel process.

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* [Self-Sovereign Identity: More Use Cases](https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/self-sovereign-identity-more-use-cases-a-16448): Heather Dahl and Ken Ebert of Indicio Discuss Decentralized ID Management
> In a video interview with Information Security Media Group, Dahl and Ebert discuss:
>
> - The evolution of Indicio.tech from the Sovrin Foundation;
> - Key initiatives in implementing and testing decentralized identity;
> - How a decentralized workforce is accelerating the need for identity management.
# Verifiable Credentials
* [How Exactly Are Verifiable Credentials Making the World Better?](https://sgershuni.medium.com/how-exactly-are-verifiable-credentials-making-the-world-better-eb72145c061) Stepan Gershuni
> 6 stories of how verifiable credentials can improve the lives of every day people:
>
> Ajay is an Uber driver in San Francisco. He wants to try various temporary jobs while he’s studying but joining Lyft, Postmates and other platforms requires going through a long and tedious background verification and car certification process over and over again.
* [Reimagining Customer Loyalty Programs With Verifiable Credentials: A Pravici Case Study](https://www.evernym.com/blog/customer-loyalty-verifiable-credentials/) Evernym
> [Pravici](https://pravici.com/), an Evernym customer and startup based out of Chandler, Arizona, is looking to flip the equation. Their solution, Tokenized Loyalty Points (TLP), uses verifiable credential technology to give individual consumers control over their data, while empowering them to direct how their favorite brands can use this data for loyalty and other campaigns.
* [26 Suggested Use Cases of Verifiable Credentials (With Some Real-World Examples)](https://academy.affinidi.com/25-real-world-use-cases-of-verifiable-credentials-4657c9cbc5e)
> we hope that business leaders, entrepreneurs, and developers will use this article as a guide to create some breakthrough solutions that will benefit the society at large.
## Supply Chain
* [Trusted Supply Chain: end-to-end compliance in multi-tier supply chain](https://evan.network/use-cases/trusted-supply-chain/) Evan Network
> In the real estate industry, TRUST&TRACE can be used by companies to obtain required compliance information from a network of participating companies. In this way, all property data is collected step by step: from building construction and leasing to sale and demolition.
* [SAP Completes Pharmaceutical Industry Pilot to Improve Supply Chain Authenticity](https://news.sap.com/2021/03/pharmaceutical-supply-chain-industry-pilot/)
> today announced the completion of an industry-wide pilot utilizing self-sovereign identity (SSI) credentials to establish trust in the pharmaceutical supply chain for indirect trade relationships.
* [The missing link: digitizing supply chains with portable data](https://medium.com/mavennet/the-missing-link-digitizing-supply-chains-with-portable-data-583b66acc9bc) Mavnet
> The traceability vocabulary bridges the gap between existing record-keeping systems and the verifiable exchange of supply chain information across organizations envisioned by proponents of these data portability technologies.
* [The Phygital Future of the Supply Chain](https://nextlevelsupplychainpodwithgs1us.libsyn.com/the-phygital-future-of-the-supply-chain) Next Level Supply Chain Podcast with GS1
> The digital and physical world are merging more than ever before. As the supply chain becomes more ‘phygital,’ innovative ways of sharing data – like using verifiable credentials – are helping to build more trust with data along the supply chain. Join us as we chat with Senior VP of Innovation & Partnerships at GS1 US, Melanie Nuce, as we explore what’s around the corner and how standards play
* [How to Prevent Supply Chain Fraud With Blockchain](https://www.dock.io/post/supply-chain-fraud-blockchain) Dock
> The global [supply chain management market size](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/supply-chain-management-scm-market-size-worth--19-3-billion-globally-by-2028-at-9-02--cagr-verified-market-research-301540702.html) was valued at USD 10.1 Billion in 2020 and is projected to reach USD 19.3 Billion by 2028. Supply chain is the path for any product such as food, clothes, or appliances to go from where it was a produced, to distributors, procurement officers (quality inspections), and the market.
* [SAP Pharma Solution Supports Supply Chain Compliance](https://insidesap.com.au/sap-pharma-solution-supports-supply-chain-compliance/)
> SAP has chosen an open, interoperable technology to validate all stakeholders in the pharma supply chain in order to provide customers with the best solution for compliance under the U.S. Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) requirements. The DSCSA also limits stakeholders’ interactions to ATPs.
## Personal Data
* [Why Location Data Brokers Put All Communities At Risk](https://me2ba.org/why-location-data-brokers-put-all-communities-at-risk/) Zach Edwards M2BA
> New work that may leverage decentralized ID from the supply chain side of things…but not sure (lots of links inside on data brokers harm)
* [Julian Wilson: Self-Sovereign Data meets Open Banking](https://mastersofprivacy.com/julian-wilson-self-sovereign-data-meets-open-banking/) Masters of Privacy
> Julian Wilson began his career at Apple in the late 80s [...] joined Ecospend in 2019 to build a self-sovereign data service on top of an Open Banking platform. He describes his role as putting an Internet lens onto product design.
## Banking
* [Impacts from a new reality drive the need for an enhanced digital identity framework](https://bankautomationnews.com/allposts/risk-security/impacts-from-a-new-reality-drive-the-need-for-an-enhanced-digital-identity-framework/) Bank Automation News
While US-based entities are adhering to an enhanced regulatory framework, these mandates are particularly applicable in Europe, where there is necessary compliance with enacted standards (such as the General Data Protection Regulation—commonly known as GDPR—and the Payment Service Providers Directive 2—referred to as PSD2. A clear need for a true and persistent digital identity as a solution to the ancillary—and sometimes unforeseen—challenges that have arisen.
* [Banking’s identity problem](https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/bankings-identity-problem/) Global Banking and Finance
> Banks have sought to overcome some of these challenges with the use of biometrics such as facial recognition and fingerprints.  These are now more commonly used to login to, or unlock devices, and increase usability, but still leave the challenge of proving the authenticity of a document wide open to abuse.
- [New Bank Account Use Case](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRLu4U4hSZ8)
## Indicio
* [Identity Blockchains and Energy Consumption](https://indicio.tech/identity-blockchains-and-energy-consumption/) Indicio
A decentralized network using a blockchain-based distributed ledger means you can use [Peer DIDs](https://identity.foundation/peer-did-method-spec/) to move most “transactions” and their cryptographic proofing off ledger. This means that for those peer-to-peer interactions, identity blockchains don’t need to do any ledger transactions at all.
* [How to Prevent Fraud using #MARKs](https://dhiway.com/prevent-credential-fraud/) DHIWay
Credential fraud has, unfortunately, become commonplace in today’s instant electronic age. Especially problematic in [higher education](https://dhiway.com/hashmarks-in-the-education-sector/), credential fraud has spiralled into a multi-billion-dollar industry
## business registry
* [Is the Self-Sovereign digital identity the future digital business registry?](https://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/self-sovereign-digital-identity-future-digital-business-registry) GORAN VRANIC, ANDREJA MARUSIC; WorldBank
This rapid digitalization of the private sector exposed a challenge in the business registration paradigm. To use private digital platforms for e-Logistics or e-Commerce, SMEs have to register and confirm their identity with these platforms, despite already being identified in the government business registry.
## Fraud
* [Apartment rentals and fraud: Discover technology that will ensure trusted content](https://medium.com/@michelplante/apartment-rentals-and-fraud-cf2ebc572890)
At the root of the problem is the fact that uniquely identifying a person is hard to do and that people can create fake IDs for themselves quite easily.
## Security
* [Digital IDs under attack: How to tackle the threat?](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/01/27/ssi-face-presentation-attacks/) 2022-01-27
- photo attacks based on the presentation of facial evidence of an image of a face printed or displayed via a device’s screen.
- video of user replay attack usually consisting of placing the screen of the attacker’s device in front of the camera.
- 3D mask attacks where 3D masks are crafted to reproduce the real traits of a human face and even include eyes holes to fool the liveliness detection based on eye gaze, blinking and motion.
- deepfake attacks make use of leveraging software capable to create a synthetic video or image realistically representing someone else. Attackers are suspected to have access to a wide dataset containing images or a video of their target.
## Hiring \ Resume
* [Trusted Career Credentials](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trusted-career-credentials-dr-gordon-jones/) Dr Gordon Jones
Today, even in this digital world that has expanded over the past two years, the job market still relies on self-reported attributes, records, resumes, and/or LinkedIn profiles, that individuals share with employers or recruiters as the source for applicants and employee data.
## Africa
* [Digital identity can transform Africa’s economic landscape](https://www.globalbusinessoutlook.com/digital-identity-can-transform-africas-economic-landscape/)
In 2018, I was trying to open a bank account in my home town of Mutare, Zimbabwe, having just come back from the 1st world, I was under the impression it would take me at most 30 mins to an hour. I immediately realised I couldn’t provide most of the requirements such as my ‘Proof of Residence’ and many more. It turns out it took weeks and months for some to finish the entire process.
* [Self-sovereign digital identity is a game changer for African financial inclusion](https://it-online.co.za/2021/09/10/self-sovereign-digital-identity-is-a-game-changer-for-african-financial-inclusion/) ITOnline 2021-09-10
Much like cell phone technology and the internet, the true power of SSDI will only be unleashed when it is embedded across all sectors of society, from education and medical care to telecommunications and retail. And that will require all role players – government bodies, regulators, service providers, public and private agencies – to take up the SSDI baton and become part of the change.
### Smart Home
* [SSI for smart locks](https://twitter.com/AnimoSolutions/status/1394895595236626433) h\t Animo
### loyalty rewards
* [@_XPID_](https://twitter.com/_XPID_) · [Nov 2](https://twitter.com/_XPID_/status/1323371035484250113)
> Check out the latest version of our beta prototype in the Appstore for #verifiablecredentials for #LoyaltyPrograms. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1458328593 When #sovereign #decentralized #identity becomes a reality, your #Loyalty and #loyaltyrewards #Wallet will be on XPID. #SSI
## Passwordless
* [The End of Logins and Passwords, Just for Starters](https://thereboot.com/the-end-of-logins-and-passwords-just-for-starters/) The Reboot
## Identos
* [Groundwork laid for mass digital identity take up as use cases grow](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202108/groundwork-laid-for-mass-digital-identity-take-up-as-use-cases-grow) Biometric update
Identos is adding W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) verifiable credentials as a product feature for its digital ID solutions by the end of the year, announcing its position in the race to incorporate international standards for how digital credentials – from health records to degree certificates – are stored and verified.
## Meeco
* [Opening the domestic card rails to innovation](https://blog.meeco.me/opening-the-domestic-card-rails-to-innovation/) Meeco
Enabling Australian FinTechs a direct avenue to discuss how they partner and collaborate to access the eftpos payments network through the Committee resulted in recommendations that covered a number of central themes, including consultation and engagement, regulation, and technology and solutionsBen Tabell, eftpos Chief Information Officer and Committee Chair
## Gaming
* [Self-Sovereign Identity for Online Gaming, VR, & AR – Crucible](https://identity-economy.de/self-sovereign-identity-for-online-gaming-vr-ar-crucible) Evernym (via identity-economy.de)
Crucible's CEO (Ryan Gill) and CTO (Toby Tremayne) for a discussion on what self-sovereign identity (SSI) and verifiable credentials mean for gaming and the greater online entertainment sector.
## Credit unions
* [Building an SSI Ecosystem: MemberPass and Credit Unions](https://www.windley.com/archives/2021/06/building_an_ssi_ecosystem_memberpass_and_credit_unions.shtml)
Credit unions and their members face the threat of fraud on all sides. And credit unions employ lots of tools to fight it. But ultimately, the problem comes down to the member and credit union authenticating each other. The problem is that doing this securely annoys people.
* [Evernym Selected as a 2021 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum](https://www.evernym.com/blog/wef-technology-pioneer/)
The 2021 cohort of Tech Pioneers includes many future headline-makers at the forefront of their industries. These companies show great potential to not only shake up their industries but offer real solutions to global problems.
* [Introducing Veramo](https://medium.com/uport/introducing-veramo-5a960bf2a5fe)
In our last post we briefly presented Veramo and how it evolved from the [challenges faced with uPort’s libraries](https://medium.com/uport/veramo-uports-open-source-evolution-d85fa463db1f). In this next series of articles we will give Veramo a proper introduction and answer some of the basics: why it exists and what it does, followed by articles describing the architecture in more detail, and how to build applications using [Veramo](https://veramo.io).
## Auth0
* [Verifiable Credentials with Auth0 and MATTR](https://auth0.com/blog/verifiable-credentials-with-auth0-and-mattr/)
How to issue Verifiable Credentials from Auth0 user data using MATTR's Auth0 Marketplace Integration
## Memberpass
* [MemberPass Digital ID can help Reduce Expenses and Build Member Trust](https://www.memberpass.com/2021/06/memberpass-digital-id-can-help-reduce-expenses-and-build-member-trust/)
You can probably use the good news. It’s never been easy to run a credit union, especially when you get whacked from all sides. Regulations change, members always seem to want access to another shiny new technology gadget, and financial fraud continues to be a threat. On top of that, we’ve all had to grapple with the pervasive life-changing effects of the coronavirus pandemic for the past year.
## E-Commerce
* [Self-Sovereign E-Commerce](https://iiw.idcommons.net/23J/_Self-Sovereign_E-Commerce) by Doc Searls
There is momentum here, and a need to start building out much of what was discussed.
Doc introduced the session with the slide deck [here](https://www.slideshare.net/dsearls/day3iiw-sesion), wearing his hat as a founding member of [Customer Commons](http://customercommons.org), the .org working on the Intention Byway discussed at earlier IIW sessions and described in [this blog](https://customercommons.org/2021/04/27/a-new-way/), posed later. 2021-04-27
His case is that the incumbent e-commece system hasn’t progressed past its dependence on the cookie, and perhaps never will; and that there is a need to stand up an alternate model, built on asynchronous pub-sub messaging and compute nodes that run apps that don’t have to come from the stores of Apple and Google.
First examples of target areas (where communities are already active) are food distribution in Michigan and real estate in Boston. Hadrian Zbarcea led the discussion of both, using slides from the deck above.
### Career Creds
* [Self sovereign career identity](https://diginomica.com/self-sovereign-career-identity-conversation-meg-bear-sap-successfactors) Diginomica with Meg Bear
> The Velocity piece is a way for me as an individual to own my credentials, to say, these are the things that I know. And these are the things I've done. And if I can own that, I have a lot more interest in it. And I can use it in a lot more interesting ways. In the past, that might have just been something that I built as reputation within a company, I can now make that a more dynamic and portable reputation I can take with me anywhere.
## Velocity Network
Having a look at [the Velocity Whitepaper](https://www.velocitynetwork.foundation/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Velocity-Non-Technical-Whitepaper-091120-V1.15-Published.pdf) it does mention they are keeping an eye on the work developing in W3C and DIF.
## DHS
- [DHS SVIP Plugfest #2: Limited Disclosure Scenario](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBSX0ljiCPU)
## DOMI
* [A brighter future for tenant/landlord relationships](https://domilabs.io/tenant-landlord-relationships/) Domi Labs
it’s hard to keep track since some call, some… email, and still others send you a message on WhatsApp.” Going through all of these disparate messages is its own fulltime job!
That’s why Domi locates all communication about a property in one place, making it easy for tenants and property managers to stay in touch.
* [Blockchain and the Decentralised Workforce](https://workforcefuturist.substack.com/p/blockchain-and-the-decentralised-workforce) WorkforceFuturist
## Trade
* [Vincent Annunziato,](https://www.spreaker.com/user/13158652/ep8-cbp-vincent-annunziato) talks about his work with The Silicon Valley Innovation Program. He is the Director of Transformation & Innovation Division of the Customs and Border Patrol Office of Trade, talks about shaping blockchain technologies to make imports safer and more secure. CBP's current projects include tracking steel, oil, and natural gas imports from Canada.
* [What Is Self-Sovereign Identity Verification and How Is It Changing Background Screening?](https://www.corporatescreening.com/blog/what-is-self-sovereign-identity-verification-and-how-is-it-changing-background-screening)
> A prime example is self-sovereign identity verification, one of the game-changing [background screening trends of 2021](https://www.corporatescreening.com/2021-trends-interactive-infographic). When combined with screening activities, self-sovereign identity solutions offer opportunities to obtain more accurate candidate background data and deliver it to employers faster.
* [The Equifax Incident, And How SSI Could Have Prevented It](https://europechain.io/identity/equifax-incident-ssi-prevented-it/) Europechain
> On March 8, 2017, Cisco staff found and reported a critical flaw in Apache Struts, an open-source framework that enables the creation of web-based Java applications. The vulnerability in question was identified as CVE-2017-5638. In short, Strut’s parser tool, Jakarta, could be manipulated to enable a malicious actor to upload files remotely to a server, and potentially run code on that compromised server.
* [A Holochain DocuSign Challenge](https://blog.holochain.org/a-holochain-docusign-challenge/)
* [Use Case: American Electric Power](https://idramp.com/use-case-american-electric-power/)
> What kind of strategy will take you to being a next-generation utility company? For AEP Ohio, a large electric utility company based in Columbus, this challenge began with a comprehensive review of their entire ecosystem and which identified their key pain points for innovation.
* [5 Promising Use Cases for Verifiable Credentials](https://hackernoon.com/5-promising-use-cases-for-verifiable-credentials-tu1y348k) - Hackernoon
> verifiable credentials promise to appear in our daily lives in the not-too-distant future.
>
> In fact, several industries are already digging in. Here are some of the most visible and promising use cases.
* [Are we doing enough to align our work with Zero Trust Architecture?](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-did-wg/2021Jan/0000.html) Adrian Gropper on Public DID-WG mailing list
> [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/us/politics/russian-hacking-government.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/us/politics/russian-hacking-government.html) 2021-01-02
> What would be a good way for our SSI communities to advance zero trust architecture through more effective accountability and audit?
* [Manu responds](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-did-wg/2021Jan/0003.html)
> Could DIDs and VCs help with systems architected with Zero Trust in mind? Yeah, probably:
>
> 1) You could use VCs to prove that you should have certain levels of access to certain systems. Checking this could happen automatically, but while ensuring that you're "live" and not some bot.
> 2) Logs could be kept of which VCs were used when to receive the authority to do something.
> 3) ZCAPs could be used to provide fine-grained access to very specific resources, even behind the firewall, within an organizations systems.
> DIDs could power much of this... but shouldn't promise any of it. The closest we could probably get to what you're asking, Adrian, is to align the Zero Trust Architecture principles to how DIDs and VCs can help -- primarily around: identity verification (VCs), login authentication (DIDs), least-privilege access (ZCAPs, Confidential Storage), and HTTP API access authorization (ZCAPs).
* [More from Adrian](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-did-wg/2021Jan/0004.html)
> The most important message from the SolarWinds hack and much of the ransomware havoc is that our systems are not set up for individual accountability or independent audit.
>
> The VC and ZCAPs perspective is inadequate. As an SSI community we need to address the separation of concerns between authentication, authorization, and audit as equally important and needing a harmonized best-practice perspective. Standardized EDVs are table stakes but not terribly relevant to the protocols that link authentication, authorization, and audit. Confidential Storage should be adopting the protocols that connect authentication, authorization, and audit rather than introducing protocols narrowly scoped to the narrow and obvious role of encryption at rest.
> I've put together a few slides in an attempt to clarify the relationship between non-repudiable accountability and audits (and EDVs).
> [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ksKal62ZiApX09Nejm4RSqHzHJbgwpu_l2Ho64_ePKU/edit#slide=id.p](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ksKal62ZiApX09Nejm4RSqHzHJbgwpu_l2Ho64_ePKU/edit#slide=id.p)
* [Adrian follows up with some explanation of the slides](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-did-wg/2021Jan/0005.html)
> Considering risk mitigation, based on SSI principles, there are four separate actors:
> 1. Resource Owner (RO) their user agent (mobile wallet), and cloud agent (AS)
> 2. Service Provider (SP), by definition has data in the clear
> 3. Requesting Party (RQ) and their user agent (mobile wallet)
> 4. Requesting Client (RC), by definition has data in the clear
* [Digital Identity Isn’t Only For People](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbirch/2020/12/22/digital-identity-isnt-only-for-people/) David Birch, Forbes 2020-12-22
> fintechs and regtechs looking for opportunities in the digital identity space should cast their ideas net pretty wide. Digital identities are not only for people and the future desperately needs digital identities for pretty much everything to underpin recognition, relationships and reputation (the 3Rs of the online economy).
* [Why self-sovereign identity will get adopted (and it’s not the reason you probably want)](https://www.tuesdaynight.org/2018/06/15/why-self-sovereign-identity-will-get-adopted-and-its-not-the-reason-you-probably-want/) Tuesday Night 2018-06-15
In the payment card world, there are clear guidelines on personal liability. $50 if you use credit and up to $500 for debit depending on when you report the issue. Based on that, different people choose to use different “systems.”
However, no such guidelines exist for the use of identity information (e.g. attributes.)
* [ID Verification Threats On the Horizon](https://stateofidentity.libsyn.com/id-verification-threats-on-the-horizon) Liminal Podcasts
Cognito's CEO Alain Meier joins the State of Identity host Cameron D’Ambrosi to dive into why industries beyond financial services are now in the market for identity verification. They also unpack the impact of synthetic identity fraud across verticals, and how platforms find the balance when building their onboarding processes.
* [Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/hackers-gaining-power-of-subpoena-via-fake-emergency-data-requests/)
and people asking questions about whether SSI could slove this use case - Yes.
If there was a trust framework for police departments and a DID registry for them - the police departments could issue VCs to their officers.
If you want to se how hard this was/would have been to achieve in earlier technology stacks take a look at [conceptual outlines](https://trustmark.gtri.gatech.edu/concept/) from this NSTIC (National Strategies for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace) developing a trust framework for law enforcement federations done by the Georgia Technology Reserach Institute and the [results/learnings.](https://trustmark.gtri.gatech.edu/insights/)
* [Trusted Timestamping Part 1: Scenarios](https://medium.com/finema/trusted-timestamping-part-1-scenarios-9bf4a7cc2364) Nunnaphat Songmanee, Finema
Evidentiary value is an essential component of important transactions. When a transaction is recorded in a printed document, one way to impart evidentiary value is by including date and time
* [Survey: How Do You Use Your Identity at Work?](https://findbiometrics.com/survey-how-do-you-use-your-identity-at-work/) FindBiometrics
The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly shifted the way we work, coinciding with digital transformation trends that depend on strong identity assurance. Hybrid workplaces are more common, as is completely remote work
[Dignified Identities for Cash assistance project](https://hiplatform.org/digid). The first phase was implemented by KRCS to meet the needs of the vulnerable populations without official IDs
* [Coinfirm Adds Close To 1 Million Tokens To AML Platform, Offering Full Coverage](https://www.coinfirm.com/blog/1-million-tokens-aml-crypto/)
LONDON, United Kingdom –  In the largest update of protocol coverage in Coinfirm’s history, the firm has added support for 840,361 new tokens to the AML Platform, offering total digital asset coverage of 17 blockchains. Now, the company’s industry-recognized blockchain agnostic AML Platform supports ~846 thousand cryptocurrencies and tokens.
* [AERGO Labs: Funding The Future](https://medium.com/aergo/aergo-labs-funding-the-future-4d195c79858c)
AERGO is proud to announce the launch of the AERGO Venture Fund: a fund dedicated to dApp development! “Start Together, Scale Together” is a fundamental ethos of the AERGO hybrid blockchain ecosystem.
* [@Steve_Lockstep · Apr 23](https://twitter.com/Steve_Lockstep/status/1517861150129795072)
I had a stab at why Cardspace failed, in “[Identities Evolve: Why Federated Identity is Easier Said than Done](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2163241)
Why does digital identity turn out to be such a hard problem? People are social animals with deep seated intuitions and conventions around identity, but exercising our identities online has been hugely problematic.
* [Sandeep Shukla · Professor, Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6924705964537389056/) Linkedin
IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) had their convocation today and they issued more than 60000 degrees and certificates as Self-Sovereign Identity document (Cryptographically verifiable Credential) on [National Blockchain Project](https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-blockchain-project/) and [CRUBN](https://www.linkedin.com/company/crubn/)'s SSI blockchain.
* [Self-Sovereign Identity as a Service: Architecture in Practice](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.08314.pdf) Yepeng Ding, Hiroyuki Sato, University of Tokyo
We propose a practical architecture by elaborating the service concept, SSI, and DLT to implement SSIaaS platforms and SSI services. Besides, we present an architecture for constructing and customizing SSI services with a set of architectural patterns and provide corresponding evaluations. Furthermore, we demonstrate the feasibility of our proposed architecture in practice with Selfid, an SSIaaS platform based on our proposed architecture.
Ontario (a province in Canada) just had an election last week and Darrell thinks: [Digital ID Can Increase Voter Participation](https://www.continuumloop.com/digital-id-can-increase-voter-participation/)
I’m not an expert on the election process, and this is just my opinion. I’ve been lazy in past elections, and I’d be lying if I said I’ve voted in every one. As a citizen, I believe ease and accessibility have a lot to do with it.
* [January Walker US Congress UT04](https://twitter.com/UtahPolitician)
Solution: Election Integrity & Expanded Voter Access w/ blockchain voting & Self Sovereign Identity [https://tiktok.com/t/ZTdvvX1uy/](https://tiktok.com/t/ZTdvvX1uy/)
* [Can SSI fit within the GDPR?: a Conceptual Data Protection Analysis (Part I)](https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/can-self-sovereign-identity-ssi-fit-within-the-gdpr-part-i/)
while SSI principles incorporate similar notions to the provisions and principles in the GDPR, closer analysis shows that they might have different meanings.
* [@tmarkovski Jun 10](https://twitter.com/tmarkovski/status/1535240038803464195)
1/ Can [QUIC](https://www.akamai.com/blog/news/the-next-generation-of-http) use DIDComm as a Handshake protocol instead TLS1.3? The spec provides enough abstraction for the session handling, and most crypto operations are the same. The main difference is the trust architecture and model: certificate chain vs DID Documents.
* [SSI Essentials: 35 use cases of decentralized identities that will make your life easier](https://gataca.io/blog/ssi-essentials-35-use-cases-of-decentralized-identities-that-will-make-your-life-easier)
* [The Importance of Verifiable Credentials to Training Providers](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6269810a06ae9fafd52556a3/629f94235eabc454ea48c117_The%20Importance%20of%20Verifiable%20Credentials%20for%20Training%20Providers.pdf?__hstc=100632769.d32f75d38c42eaa77409051b21d73653.1655033322879.1655033322879.1655033322879.1&__hssc=100632769.1.1655033322879&__hsfp=2803731784) Credivera
Great report!
Digital badges or PDF credentials lack proof of being authentic and current, and can be easily reproduced or falsified, impacting both the individual and the reputation of the training provider.
* [Transferable Accounts Putting Passengers at Risk](https://www.windley.com/archives/2022/06/transferable_accounts_putting_passengers_at_risk.shtml) Phil Windley
The non-transferability of verifiable credential is one of their super powers. This post examines how that super power can be used to reduce fraud and increase safety in a hired car platform.
- [SSI and FIDO2: Different approaches for a passwordless world](https://blog.avast.com/ssi-fido2)
* [How Self-Sovereign Identity Helps Your Enterprise](https://zaisan.io/self-sovereign-identity-enterprise/) Zaisan
- Identity is the sum of a lot of individual parts that, when pieced together, paint a comprehensive and multi-layered picture of who someone truly is
- Zaisan’s my.D platform leverages blockchain technology to provide a [comprehensive digital identity management solution](https://myd.online/)
- My.D enables a cost-effective and efficient management solution for an individual’s digital credentials
* [Drone Pilot Credentialing for Air Safety](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqMsaI3P51o) TOIP
Discussed the approach and the implementation challenges of drone pilot credentialing for air safety using verifiable credentials at the July 21, 2022 Ecosystem Foundry Working Group of the Trust Over IP Foundation.
* [How Blockchain Technology and Self-Sovereign Identity Enables the New Normal of Remote Learning, Training and Working](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-blockchain-technology-self-sovereign-identity-enables-hossain-) Md Sabbir Hossain
* [An autonomous reputation system](https://reb00ted.org/tech/20220810-autonomous-reputation-system/) reb00ted
we need to figure out how to give more power to “better” actors within a given community or context, and disempower or keep out the detractors and direct opponents. All without putting a centralized authority in place.
* [It’s time for digital self-sovereign identity](https://gcn.com/emerging-tech/2022/08/its-time-digital-self-sovereign-identity/375285/) GCN
> the implementation of granular security measures to protect that data creates trusted networks between governments and the citizens they serve. Everyone wins.
## Energy Systems
* [Digital identities – building block for an automated energy system](https://www.smart-energy.com/digitalisation/digital-identities-building-block-for-an-automated-energy-system/) Smart Energy
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.
* [War Against the Robots – Pick your Side with SelfKey & Metaproof Platform](https://selfkey.org/war-against-the-robots-pick-your-side-with-selfkey-metaproof-platform/) SelfKey Foundation
Trying to ban or sideline bots is not a solution. The solution is to distinguish bots from humans so that humans can do human stuff and bots can do bot stuff.
* [OpenEarth partners with BCGov to develop a digital trust marketplace for climate accounting](https://www.openearth.org/blog/openearth-partners-with-the-government-of-british-columbia-to-develop-a-digital-trust-marketplace-for-climate-accounting) OpenEarth Foundation
OpenEarth Foundation partnered with the Mines Digital Trust initiative to allow BC companies to also share their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions credentials to the [OpenClimate](https://www.openearth.org/projects/openclimate) platform so that they can be integrated into BC’s subnational climate inventory and showcased to interested purchasers and civic society
* [Event tickets as verifiable credentials](https://lissi-id.medium.com/event-tickets-as-verifiable-credentials-31f4a10b28cc) Lissi
This article explains how verifiable credentials can be used to benefit event organizers and visitors alike based on a practical usage of the Lissi team.
* [Orie Steele @OR13b](https://twitter.com/OR13b/status/1573100718164164610) via Twitter
The [Content Authenticity Initiative](https://contentauthenticity.org/how-it-works) one of Orie’s favoriate Use-cases for VCS
Yes, verifiable authentic human content is important. I also think cryptography can provide better transparency for synthetic content. It's one of my favorite applications of W3C Verifiable Credentials.
* [Credivera @crediveratech](https://twitter.com/crediveratech) via Twitter
* [They are using Entra!](https://www.credivera.com/the-exchange/verifiable-credentials)
We Credivera are Having fun at the #NSCExpo
* [Blockchains in HR: Prosoon and Talao go together on SSI and HR credentials](https://medium.com/@talao_io/blockchains-in-hr-prosoon-and-talao-go-together-on-ssi-and-hr-credentials-3b92968011fe) Talao
This partnership will enable the use of Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity technologies such as verifiable credentials to enable the support of diplomas and professional certifications in compliance with personal data in a decentralized environment (#web3).
* [HUMBL @HUMBLPay](https://twitter.com/HUMBLPay/status/1574454647384813568) via Twitter ([ANN](https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/04/13/2421969/0/en/HUMBL-Selected-To-Pilot-Digital-Wallet-Program-On-Behalf-of-The-County-of-Santa-Cruz-California.html) 2022-04-13
using verifiable credentials in their wallet.
#HUMBL x GF2GO - San Diego, CA - [Pilot Program](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_HAFEzmkWU): New search engine, mobile wallet, verifiable credentials and delivery technologies.
* [EricTang.eth](https://twitter.com/ericxtang/status/1575645620659900417) Twitter
Tweet of the week (emphasis ours)
Self sovereign online identity is going to be a CRITICAL tool for everyone on the internet.  Without it, we will lose trust of any content on the internet due to AI advancement in the next 12-24 months.
This one of the most urgent issues in our society today.
* [Lost and Found: Digital identity Can Be The Difference Between Life And Death For Refugees](https://diacc.ca/2022/09/27/lost-and-found-digital-identity-can-be-the-difference-between-life-and-death-for-refugees/) DIACC 2022-09-27
Most Refugees and IDPs did not have the time to properly prepare by gathering all their important documents such as passports, identity cards, driver’s licenses, and land titles or rental agreements. Fleeing your home may save your life, but fleeing without identity documents can lead to a very long wait – sometimes a decade or more – before your life is stable again.
* [Creating trust in assertions, claims and the authenticity of the original content](https://liccium.com/) LICCIUM
* [Coming soon — a resume-validating blockchain network for job seeker](https://www.computerworld.com/article/3675547/coming-soon-a-resume-validating-blockchain-network-for-job-seekers.html#tk.rss_security) Computer World
“Verifying applicant career records can take days, weeks, if not months, to complete," said Dror Gurevich, founder and CEO of the Velocity Network Foundation. "Hiring methods are severely outdated to the point that one in three Americans have [admitted to lying on their resumes](https://t.yesware.com/tt/0db4de0058ee9613cdfcabd5fae96c6ca51e1b7f/275468cd0c53df0b2dfa60dbb913464b/c19e9bd03a563c32bab519acc1fa9f5b/www.resumebuilder.com/1-in-3-americans-admit-to-lying-on-resume/), which slows the hiring process immensely.