[PLUG] Universal Personal Code

[Tomas Kuchta]

This is EU wide since at least 2014/2015. I remember getting it issued by
the post office a long time ago, probably around 2010 or sooner.

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/trust-services-and-eid

It allows notary quality document, encryption, transmittal, signing and
personal authentication. Good enough for courts, banks, property
transactions, police, almost any legal secure and verifiable
government/citizen/business communication.

It also comes with electronic post box, AKA funny looking encrypted webmail.

Tomas

On Tue, May 5, 2020, 10:42 John Sechrest <sechrest at gmail.com> wrote:

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