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So much of the government (and other things, insurance, driver's license, any sort of interaction between two parties) would be solved with some programmable UU
by adamnemecek 7y ago
So much of the government (and other things, insurance, driver's license, any sort of interaction between two parties) would be solved with some programmable UUID.
Essentially, I want a thing where I issue a new UUID (communication channel) for every party I'm interacting with, I can revoke these, redirect these, renew these at my convenience.
So much of clerical work is literally double checking forms. I want to fill out one for, the other parties can then request my info.
- firasd 7y agoThis sounds a bit like the Aadhaar system here in India (I can open a bank account without filling out any new forms, just using a finger print reader).. I would say be careful what you wish for; this lays the grounds for a surveillance state.
- adamnemecek 7y agoNot quite. With aadhaar, you don't see the data the state has access to. I'm very much concerned with the surveillance however as they say, good fences make good neighbors.
- thephyber 7y ago> this lays the grounds for a surveillance state We already have a surveillance state in the USA without the convenience of good digital authentication with tokenized opt-in data-access authentications, as described by GP. I'd rather have the benefits of a more mature authentication system. We in the USA pass around 3-4 strings (Social Security ID, Full Name, Date of Birth, Mother's Maiden Name, sometimes Street Address and/or Zip Code) and that is used as a proxy for Authorization (not even authentication). It's ridiculously easy to get defrauded of your entire life savings (or more) in the US because knowledge of those strings (and sometimes a few more) is enough to someone to get access to a loan, mortgage, a cell phone (possibly porting/transferring from your existing SIM/line) in my name.