- From: Kevin O'Brien <kevin@kiva.org>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 20:57:32 -0700
- To: Moses Ma <moses.ma@futurelabconsulting.com>
- Cc: Credentials Community Group <public-credentials@w3.org>, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>, Ian Smith <ian@vidicode.pro>
- Message-ID: <CAJmx4NyMHNzoXHFF=ScxzYykkYFpPdS6FgCLJQsLHg3++D4tVw@mail.gmail.com>
I think they have a pretty design considering their constraints, at least of what they have claimed to be doing: https://www.tracetogether.gov.sg/common/privacystatement One way to decentralize would be to implement on top of a decentralized ledger with a proof of authority system participated in by various governments and/or non-profits as a consortium. Because you are only storing interaction events between ids, not sure an external data store is even needed for encrypted data. The only tricky part is ensuring there is a way to notify the identifiers that came into contact with an individual who tests (and registers in the system) as positive without giving up the identifying info. I think as long as the system only supports "pulls", then basically only you as the holder of a secret or certificate to unlock your id could check regularly if it had a contact event with a positive individual. Probably other ways to solve it though. On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 8:20 PM Moses Ma <moses.ma@futurelabconsulting.com> wrote: > Re: surveillance vs liberty... > > How do y’all feel about Singapore’s TraceTogether? > See: > https://www.businessinsider.com/singapore-coronavirus-app-tracking-testing-no-shutdown-how-it-works-2020-3 > Also: > https://www.tech.gov.sg/media/technews/tracetogether-behind-the-scenes-look-at-its-development-process > > How would you design a fully decentralized contact tracer? > > Moses > > > - > *Moses Ma | FutureLab Consulting Inc* > moses.ma@futurelabconsulting.com | moses@ngenven.com > v +1.415.952.7888 | m +1.415.568.1068 | skype mosesma > > > > On Mar 27, 2020 at 9:44 AM, <Ian Smith <ian@vidicode.pro>> wrote: > > proposing anti covid-19 protests to avoid saving lives is part of the > ethos here? I wasn't aware that preventing the countermeasure to pandemic > response was what this group was about > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 6:10 AM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> > wrote: > >> On 3/27/20 8:41 AM, Daniel Hardman wrote: >> > I will try to join you. Thank you for suggesting it. >> >> I can't join, but thank you for the message and I'll observe the moment >> of silence, Christopher. >> >> Visiting the memorial in person with people from this group was moving >> and a reminder that we need to keep these painful lessons from the past >> in mind as we build out these systems. >> >> > @Ian: I share your frustration with the surveillance economy, but feel >> > that your comment steps away from the ethos of our group. >> >> I'd like to underscore Daniel's comment. Many of us are in this group >> because we share in the frustration with the current surveillance >> economy. That said, the frustration is no excuse to tear down what >> others in the community are building. Your criticism was not >> constructive, please refrain from doing that again. >> >> We need to focus on helping each other build the world that we want to >> see realized. >> >> -- manu >> >> -- >> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/ >> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. >> blog: Veres One Decentralized Identifier Blockchain Launches >> https://tinyurl.com/veres-one-launches >> >>
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