[kwlug-disc] Ontarians are getting digital ID this fall: All you need to know

[CrankyOldBugger]

I have a hard time seeing any government anywhere in the world not wanting
complete control over our information....


On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 16:35, Raymond Chen <raymondchen625 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Maybe it doesn’t want to be the single source of trust.
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 16:16 Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 10:46:14AM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>> >
>> https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/ontarians-are-getting-digital-id-this-fall-all-you-need-to-know/458633
>>
>> From the article:
>>
>> ----
>>
>> First, the holder requests a digital ID and goes through an ID proving
>> process to establish their identity. Once the ID requirements are
>> satisfied, the issuer will create a digital ID credential, issue it to
>> the holder and publish the public cryptographic keys associated with
>> that digital ID to the verifiable data registry, which uses
>> distributed ledger technology, the provincial government explained.
>>
>> ----
>>
>> Did you catch that? "distributed ledger technology"? For some reason
>> our digital ID needs a blockchain even though the Ontario government
>> is the single source of trust? Sigh.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
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