Identity Management

Identity Management is a very significant term. We use username/password to identify ourselves online and identity management is under the hands of organizations like Google, Facebook, etc that results in oversharing of information. A practical example is, Anyone over 18 is eligible to vote but the Voter ID not only reveals the age but overshares information like dob, address, etc Yeah! Oversharing of information! This is an interesting case to solve. As a one-stop solution, Self Sovereign Identity comes into the picture. The Decentralized Identifiers (DID) acts as the identifier for the verifiable digital identity. The holder of this DID will have complete control over his data rather than having it under some organizations. It helps us in overcoming the problem of information oversharing with its exciting properties like Decentralization, Self-Sovereignty & Interoperability. The cryptography enables us to use Zero-Knowledge proof to identify ourselves with ease with the help of ledger technologies like blockchain. Oh ! This is super exciting to explore !! This summer, Am one among the very few people selected by The Linux Foundation to work on the hyper ledger projects!