eprintid: 10074541
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datestamp: 2019-12-17 15:14:29
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creators_name: Goodell, G
creators_name: Aste, T
title: A Decentralised Digital Identity Architecture
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divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F48
keywords: digital identity, certification, identification, trust, privacy, anonymity
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abstract: Current architectures to validate, certify, and manage identity are based on centralised, top-down approaches that rely on trusted authorities and third-party operators. We approach the problem of digital identity starting from a human rights perspective, asserting that individual persons must be allowed to manage their personal information in a multitude of different ways in different contexts and that to do so, each individual must be able to create multiple unrelated identities. Therefore, we first define a set of fundamental constraints that digital identity systems must satisfy to preserve and promote human rights. With these constraints in mind, we then propose a decentralised, standards-based approach, using a combination of distributed ledger technology and thoughtful regulation, to facilitate many-to-many relationships among providers of key services. Our proposal for digital identity differs from others in its approach to trust: by avoiding centralisation and the imposition of trust from the top down, we can encourage individuals and organisations to embrace the system and share in its benefits.
date: 2019-11-05
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2019.00017
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1659142
doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2019.00017
lyricists_name: Aste, Tomaso
lyricists_name: Goodell, Geoffrey
lyricists_id: TASTE72
lyricists_id: GGOOD81
actors_name: Stacey, Thomas
actors_id: TSSTA20
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Frontiers in Blockchain
volume: 2
article_number: 17
citation:        Goodell, G;    Aste, T;      (2019)    A Decentralised Digital Identity Architecture.                   Frontiers in Blockchain , 2     , Article 17.  10.3389/fbloc.2019.00017 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2019.00017>.       Green open access   
 
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