Friday this week (Nov 16 🗓️) is the last day to apply to participate to the @w3c workshop on Strong #Authentication and #Identity w3.org/Security/strong-authe…
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The scope for the #W3CWorkshop includes alignment between several relevant efforts in this space:
#WebAuthn
With #WebAuthn API 🔑 getting deployed in shipping browsers, now is a good time to learn about it, and as importantly, to help shape its developer documentation ⬇️
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#WebPayments from @w3payments
#WebAuthn is set to completely change how we authenticate on the Web - but will the UX match the needs identified by merchants to reduce cart abandonment? lists.w3.org/Archives/Public…
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Verifiable Credentials - the work from the Verifiable Claims Working Group aims at a providing mechanism to express credentials such as driver's licenses or university degrees on the Web in a way that is secure, privacy respecting, and machine verifiable w3c.github.io/vc-data-model/
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In addition to this existing ongoing @w3c standardization efforts, it will also be looking at technologies under incubation in in the Credentials #CommunityGroup
w3.org/community/credentials…
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Most notably among its work items, the work on Decentralized Identifiers #DID is expected to be under the spotlight at the workshop w3c-ccg.github.io/did-spec/
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Decentralized identifiers aims at building identifiers without central authority - a key component of so called "self-sovereign identity" #ssi, i.e. lifetime portable identity for any person, org or thing that doesn't depend on any centralized authority and can't be taken away
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Of course, a lot of relevant work in this space happens in other organizations and communities: @ietf, @isostandards, @openidconnect, @oauth_2, @OASISopen with #SAML which we hope to see represented there
Nov 12, 2018 · 1:24 PM UTC
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Imagine a future where YOU take ownership of your digital identity and data. At Microsoft, we're building an open, standards-based decentralized identity solution to make this a reality. Learn more: microsoft.com/ownyouridentit…
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