Re: Support for Verifiable Claims

+1 from Ephox. This is important work for the future of the Web.

Regards,
Dave
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David Wood

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 2:51 AM, Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk> wrote:

> On 16/10/2016 17:19, Shane McCarron wrote:
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>> Spec-Ops has reviewed the proposed charter for a Verifiable Claims
>> working group.  We are in favor of this work moving forward, as we
>> believe a common structure for claims is essential to jump-starting a
>> universal environment for digital verification.  We look forward to
>> contributing implementations and tests to this working group as its
>> recommendations progress.
>>
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> TPG echoes these comments from Spec-Ops.
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> The task of independently verifying oneself is difficult (or impossible)
> for many disabled people. Current methods often require people with
> disabilities to relinquish any degree of privacy and/or to share personal
> data insecurely. The ability to provide verification digitally has enormous
> potential to change both these things.
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> Léonie.
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