[kwlug-disc] Ontarians are getting digital ID this fall: All you need to know

[Paul Nijjar]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 10:46:14AM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/ontarians-are-getting-digital-id-this-fall-all-you-need-to-know/458633

>From the article:

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First, the holder requests a digital ID and goes through an ID proving
process to establish their identity. Once the ID requirements are
satisfied, the issuer will create a digital ID credential, issue it to
the holder and publish the public cryptographic keys associated with
that digital ID to the verifiable data registry, which uses
distributed ledger technology, the provincial government explained.

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Did you catch that? "distributed ledger technology"? For some reason
our digital ID needs a blockchain even though the Ontario government
is the single source of trust? Sigh.

- Paul

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