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That second rebuttal doesn't seem too strong: regardless of what the point of the proposal was, the concern to address was that in practice there doesn't seem t
by Vinnl 5y ago
That second rebuttal doesn't seem too strong: regardless of what the point of the proposal was, the concern to address was that in practice there doesn't seem to be interoperability. Consider one of the mentioned successes:
> Dozens of VC-capable mobile wallet apps are now available in the app stores—the vast majority of which support at least one type of DID.
If most of them support just one or a few types, that doesn't sound like interoperability to me - especially if they all support different types?
(I should note: I know almost nothing about DIDs, so interpret this as a question rather than an indictment.)
Although I don't think public reasoning for Google's and Apple's stances are available, the "real reasons" section sounds very conspiratorial: even if you consider the stated reasons misguided, that's no reason to assume that those who made the argument believe them.
- raxxorrax 5y agoOf course decentral identification is preferable, although not having too strong identification is a feature too. Of course giants try to get into the business of identity providers. This is a standard strategy of tech, image the business opportunities aside from providing security. It isn't conspiratorial at all, this has been going on for a while and everyone should take a close look here. I don't want to ID against Google, Facebook and co. Doing so would mean they know exactly what services you identify for.