- From: =Drummond Reed <drummond.reed@evernym.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:16:35 -0700
- To: Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com>
- Cc: sethi shivam <sethishivam27@gmail.com>, "W3C Credentials CG (Public List)" <public-credentials@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAAjunnb3CCsaqq+o9brfCvTrguNM1Y_xDV2EO3_YtD=ppc3zcQ@mail.gmail.com>
Shivam, you can also check out the extensive discussion of recovery in the DKMS (Decentralized Key Management System) Design and Architecture V4 doc <http://bit.ly/dkms-v4> at Hyperledger. On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 6:54 AM Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com> wrote: > On 6/28/19 2:06 AM, sethi shivam wrote: > > Hi Team, > > Is there any way to recover my verifiable credentials? > > If I lost my wallet? > > That depends on the wallet and its offerings. A wallet application that > resides solely on your device (e.g., personal phone) may have a backup > mechanism that, for example, relies on other agents under your control > or influence. Web-based wallets can't really be "lost", but you could > lose your keys or forget the secrets you need to able to access them. > Both of these approaches may provide a mechanism for recovery. > > Users will inevitability lose things -- and we don't want their digital > lives to be uprooted as a result. So we are working on developing > standards such as Secure Data Hubs that will allow you to store your > verifiable credentials and other data encrypted in the cloud. In > addition, we are also working on a standard called "Web KMS" that can > help you keep track of and protect your keys. > > Both of these technologies aim to help users shield themselves against > "losing" their verifiable credentials and keys -- in a standard way so > that applications can interop. > > > And if yes, then do I need to rely on the issuer for that? > > It depends. As noted above, there are technologies that can help without > having to rely upon the issuer. There may be certain offerings or > catastrophic scenarios under which you will have to go back to the > issuer to be reissued verifiable credentials. > > > -- > Dave Longley > CTO > Digital Bazaar, Inc. > >
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