The Pioneers of Web Cryptography on the Future of Authentication

*Spectrum: *Where do we go next? What is authentication going to look like
in 10 years?

*Jermoluk:* Full sovereign identity. You should be in charge of your own
identity. It is yours after all. Identity ought to have different layers,
depending on whether you're presenting it to your business, website, or
government. You determine what you show of your identity. A commercial
website may not ask for a lot of identifying information, but the
government may want a much fuller view. You should be able to be in
complete control of your own identity and how you present it, instead of
letting Facebook be in charge of your identity and knowing who your friends
are and what apps you visit, what things you buy. Why should they be
charged for that or make money off it? It's going to flip the entire
Internet and the ad-supported model and Google and Facebook's models on
their heads.

It's not something I'm doing today, but I think that's where all this
technology ultimately goes: that it gives the individual back the control
of their identity and their actions.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/pioneers-web-cryptography-future-authentication

Interesting article.  There is possibly an intersection with this and WebID