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Microsoft is developing decentralized identity (thenextweb.com)
21 points by mk44 3056 days ago
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52-6F-62 3056 days ago
They're partnering with Accenture to develop this for airline travellers in Canada[0]. They also used a similar system with Accenture to help track and verify identities of refugees[1] for the distribution of resources and aid.

[0] https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/accenture-microsoft-crea...

[1] http://fortune.com/2017/06/19/id2020-blockchain-microsoft/

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csuwldcat 3055 days ago
This is unrelated to any previous demo/work Accenture has shown. (I work on this @ MSFT)
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52-6F-62 3054 days ago
Interesting. Even the tech? It sounds remarkably similar from a high level as the UN project.

Either way, thanks for chiming in.

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