Re: Call for Focal DID Use Cases

Hey all,

Been enjoying reading through everyone’s user stories and use cases. I’m struggling a bit to understand what group is working on a solution for the individual to be in control of their own data. As far as I can tell, a DID could be used to access a personal data pool, same idea as Kaliya’s personal cloud typed up in the 2011 “New Asset Class” paper from the world economic forum. 

I know I’m new but as I said at IIW, I’m very concerned about the lack of work being done on an individual user basis, SPECIFICALLY in terms of helping citizens not just gain rights like Europe’s paternal thumb but actually commercialize and partake in the exchange of personal data. 

I have to make a plea to the group that we are in the middle of an opportunity of a lifetime. Companies are struggling to understand and comply with GDPR. Citizens now can access their data and use it for their own personal gain. No program or app has ever been created that can be used specifically for that person because of our archaic obsession with privacy. Privacy is a right to disclude. At this point, the only thing we are discluding is our access to insight. The longer technologists cry about privacy the further the chasm in this great data divergence. 

What could possibly be more pressing? I’m furious that terms like Self Sovereign Identity have become your protocols and jargon. I’m furious that in all my research the only use cases for PEOPLE managing or partaking in their data life cycle that I’ve found was 7 years ago in Kaliya’s paper. 

I understand That technical and granular discussions are a must when discussing something like this. But we’ve had seven years to teach people that their personal data does not refer to their cell phone plan and yet still when I Google personal data cell phone plans are the first thing I see. Over seven years since third parties have been accessing our data and we’re discussing the details of a estate planning? This is not good enough right now. 

Can someone please point me towards anyone working on solving this problem? Can we also discuss the importance of including a more diverse background? 

Is there a larger more collaborative  group besides the W3C that deals with these overarching human crisis or are the silos created by these very specific groups all there is?

> On Jun 4, 2018, at 11:21 PM, Moses Ma <moses.ma@futurelabconsulting.com> wrote:
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> Adrian, 
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> I wanted to say that you shared a terrific use case. 
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> I'm going to submit three, but thought I'd send them as a PDF first, as I included a simple persona image       to bring the story to life. See attached. Maybe we can add a field in the form to upload a persona image.
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> FYI, I use this template for user stories, based on a persona: "As a <persona>, I want <what?> so that <why?>."
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> Maybe this can help some of you write yours in a new way.
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> Moses
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>> On 6/3/18 8:58 PM, Adrian Gropper wrote:
>> Joe, thanks for reminding me that a good use-case should be about value creation and human experience rather than DID or some other tech. Here is my attempt:
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>> Name -- A pithy name that captures the relevance of the use case
>> A Prescription for Alice
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>> Background -- A sentence or three capturing current state of practice, the motivation, and the value it creates
>> Alice wants help with her urinary tract infection (UTI) and is a bit touchy about her privacy. In the old days, she would have to make an appointment in-person and get a paper prescription to take to a pharmacy. She wants to save money and have peace of mind. 
>> 
>> Description -- A paragraph capturing the core action of the use case: what people do
>> Because she lives in Seattle, Alice is in a state that allows Planned Parenthood to diagnose and prescribe online https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care/get-care-online . Alice uses the identity wallet on her iPhone to register with the online medical practice. She tells the online practice her name is Althea with password-less authentication and a verified driver's license credential to prove that she's a WA resident. The remote physician, Bob, is licensed by the WA Board of Medicine and credentialed by Planned Parenthood of WA, Inc. He's securely signed in using the identity wallet on his smartphone. Bob issues Alice a digital prescription in the form of a verifiable credential and allows Alice to download it however she pleases. Alice is a librarian and trusts her local public library to erase their logs as allowed by law. She uses one of their computers to sign-in and do all of this. She snaps a picture of the QR code that is the prescription to take to the pharmacy. Charlie, the licensed pharmacist, scans the prescription QR code and fills the prescription. Alice pays cash.
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>> Sticky Wicket -- A sentence or three capturing the awkward challenge in this particular situation
>> The challenge of this particular use-case is that only Bob and Charlie are verified identities and accountable for their interaction with Alice. Alice can be anonymous or pairwise-pseudonymous with both Bob and Charlie and everything just works. Alice, Bob, and Charlie all keep separate and legally authentic copies of the records of their interaction in case of dispute.
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>> Distinction -- A brief phrase explaining what makes this use case distinct
>> The Prescription use-case is a common and high-value example of privacy engineering as we shift to convenient and cost-effective online commerce among licensed and unlicensed individuals as peers. Bob and Charlie benefit by reducing or even eliminating the influence of their respective             institutions or employers and therefore make more money. They pass some savings to Alice who also gets increased peace of mind. 
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>> What makes a good use case?
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>> A good use case is one that is:
>> A. Unique -- minimal overlap with other use cases
>> B. Relevant -- highlights the particular value of DIDs
>> C. Value Creating -- there is demonstrable value to the people at the heart of the use case
>> D. Simple yet Sticky -- simple enough to be accessible, but also captures a potentially complicated edge case. 
>> E. Specific -- Uses real names and real situations to help readers empathize with the human requirements
>> 
>> Adrian
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