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Semi-related — why don’t we create a service in which people make employment “claims” and other people (their managers/customers) sign these claims with their o
by sssilver 1y ago
Semi-related — why don’t we create a service in which people make employment “claims” and other people (their managers/customers) sign these claims with their own keys, so these claims can be cryptographically verified by a third party in a distributed fashion?
This way, Linkedins basic premise of being a centralized “CV as a service” would become obsolete, leaving just the social network, which I personally would gladly abandon.
- hahn-kev 1y agoIf it works you'll have a bunch of people faking it for each other, and if it doesn't then it's no different than anything else.
- sssilver 1y agoHow would they fake it? Their own identity claims would need to be cryptographically signed.
- immibis 1y agoSign up an account with a randomly generated names to be the boss. Sign up other accounts with randomly generated names to be the employees. Have the boss vouch the employees work for him.
- snowwrestler 1y agoThis is indeed in development although I’m not sure LinkedIn is involved yet. Look up: Learning and Employment Records (LERs)