Difference between revisions of "Privacy Enhancing Credential"
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* Regardless of any technology used to protect user data in a credential, they serve no purpose if they are not limited to use in a protected [[Ecosystem]]. | * Regardless of any technology used to protect user data in a credential, they serve no purpose if they are not limited to use in a protected [[Ecosystem]]. | ||
| + | * In some contexts, the term "Privacy Enhancing Credential" is used, although there are very few use cases where a credential is not mobile. | ||
==Ecosystems== | ==Ecosystems== | ||
Revision as of 13:06, 6 May 2022
Full Title or Meme
A collection of private and secret data that can be used to prove an assertion in a manner that does not release more private information than absolutely required for the purpose described.
Context
- Regardless of any technology used to protect user data in a credential, they serve no purpose if they are not limited to use in a protected Ecosystem.
- In some contexts, the term "Privacy Enhancing Credential" is used, although there are very few use cases where a credential is not mobile.
Ecosystems
- Perhaps the simplest Ecosystem is a Smart Card
- The Credential could be included and used entirely within the context of a Trusted Execution Environment, or a secure enclave and its resident software.
