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Are there any decentralized identity systems? If my government refuses to give me a passport, drivers license and copy of my birth certificate, how do I prove I

• pjc50 9y ago
  Ironically the UK identity "system" bootstraps in the other direction; you need a photo signed by somebody suitably middle-class ( https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications/accepted-occupations-for-countersignatories https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications/acce... ) to get a passport, and lots of places use utility bills and bank statements as proof of address.
• robin_reala 9y ago
  There are other ways of proving identity but generally any one way isn’t enough on its own but needs to be combined. For example you might combine documentary evidence (e.g. passport) with some knowledge evidence (e.g. which company you took a loan with in year x) and potentially some biometrics. If you don’t have identity documents then knowledge based verification combined might be enough in its own for some uses? There are other sources as well, for example access to multi-year usage ‘real name’ social media profiles could be a contributing factor towards identity.