- From: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 09:35:45 +0200
- To: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>, public-credentials@w3.org
On 2016-05-04 05:02, Manu Sporny wrote: > On 04/29/2016 04:58 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote: >> I may be stupid but I can't find any method (like a private key) for >> binding a person to a credential in the documents I have skimmed. > > The mechanism used is via a combination of Linked Data Signatures and > the WebDHT. Here's a use case: > <snip> > > Doing these steps proves: > > 1. That the US Government says did:90096afc-c232-4b96-b48c-dcdba19b7ead > is a US citizen (via the digital signature). > 2. That I am did:90096afc-c232-4b96-b48c-dcdba19b7ead because I > digitally signed something to you when I handed my credential over > to you. > > That's how you do proof of possession in the Credentials ecosystem. Then there's only one thing left which I don't understand: Where is the private key used in step #2? Anders
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