Re: Verifiable Claims Task Force Summary of Concerns

> On Dec 7, 2015, at 19:57 , Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/02/2015 02:00 PM, David Singer wrote:
>> It’s a shortcoming of electronic communications. For lots of these 
>> things, you have to turn up in person (quite a few US states forbid 
>> online alcohol sales for exactly this reason, IIRC).
> 
> You have to show up in person once at a trusted identity proofing
> service, after that point, many other verifiable claims can be collected
> virtually. I'm not just asserting this, we have high-stakes pilot
> projects in process where this is the case.
> 
>> That’s what I said. Here, look, Z (and you can confirm it’s Z, 
>> because of something like a digital signature) is willing to assert 
>> my (I am A) claim Y is true to the best of their knowledge.
>> 
>> B now decides whether to trust Z’s claim about A.
> 
> Right, so I think we agree? I'm not sure.
> 
> Did the exchange convince you that this is work that's worth pursuing,
> or do you not agree it's worth pursuing?

I don’t think it is payment-specific; this problem comes up in lots of areas (notably, can you prove that you are above a certain age, which is needed for some types of content.)

Whether the W3C should take this on as a task, I am less sure, but I will continue to ponder it.

> We surveyed 44 organizations
> (many of them W3C members), and there is data to show that this is a
> problem that's worth pursuing (see slides 6-9):
> 
> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ithW3t-ahelw_0jsAbVmhXi5NyRl_-BAW6hMnJmoixc/edit#slide=id.p


Thanks

> 
> -- manu
> 
> -- 
> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny)
> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> blog: Web Payments: The Architect, the Sage, and the Moral Voice
> https://manu.sporny.org/2015/payments-collaboration/
> 
> 

David Singer
Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Tuesday, 8 December 2015 19:04:13 UTC