Re: Regarding Recovery of verifiable credentials

Thanks a lot.  Drummond.
Let me read this

On Sat, 29 Jun 2019 at 08:46, =Drummond Reed <drummond.reed@evernym.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>

Received on Saturday, 29 June 2019 06:02:49 UTC