In June 2021, the European Commission proposed an update to its pan-European digital identity framework that will enable every European to have a set of digital identity credentials that are recognised anywhere in the EU. At the core of this new initiative are digital wallets – mobile apps or cloud services that receive and store...Read More
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is facing a critical decision on decentralized identifiers (DIDs) that may come down to a democratic vote on how much decentralization really matters. We've analyzed what it means and why it matters.Read More
With digital health passes like the IATA Travel Pass becoming the focus of TV news and talk shows, the interest in W3C Verifiable Credentials (VCs) has never been higher. And the fact that digital passes contain sensitive personal health data is shining an extra bright spotlight on privacy. This underscores the crucial role of zero-knowledge...Read More
Quick Summary Although the EU’s approach to COVID-19 health certificates (the Digital Green Certificate) 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. Background...Read More
