The Emergence of a Self-Sovereign Identity Web

The Emergence of a Self-Sovereign Identity Web

6 years ago
Anonymous $oIHRkISgaL

https://medium.com/futuresin/the-emergence-of-a-self-sovereign-identity-web-382c346c8210

I have written a lot about decentralization, but another way to to think about it is how should human rights take place on the future web. Self-sovereign identity is a concept, where an individual is able to control his/her identity attributes (that is, the pieces of personal data), no matter where they reside in. GDPR outlines some basics of what this might become.

However, that does not go far enough; in a pragmatic sense a Self-Sovereign Identity web enables an individual to have full rights and control on their