A "for dummies" glossary of electronic identities

[alberto]

Wow FIDIS is super interesting! I think I am finally starting to get what @RobvanKranenburg is at.

I just finished reading this scenario. Looks dystopian to me – the guy is spending his whole holiday doing the future equivalent of accepting cookies – but maybe it’s just kneejerk conservatisms (“kids these days”). I am, after all, in my 50s.

But this is dystopian for real:

Who cares about explicit informed consent when your wife is in labour?!

Which bring us back to Oskar van Deventer’s nightmare scenario:

@alberto

Q: What prevents service providers from asking for all of the individual’s data, and the person accepts because she needs the service?

A: This is my nightmare. You cross the Chinese or US border, and then some kind of data vacuum cleaner empties your wallet. This might require issuers policy, stating once and for all what can be done with those data. But I do not yet know how to solve it.