[peterldowns]

Would make way more sense to just use verification claims backed by government issued IDs, rather than relying on a third party like World(coin).

For instance, something like https://self.xyz. It's strictly better than the alternatives:

- already works with existing government-issued ids

- doesn't require submitting scans of your ID to third parties that can then be stored and leak

- allows privacy-preserving verification like "is this person older than 18" without requiring sharing of the person's exact age

[JohnFen]

I agree. The privacy problems that come with governmental IDs are inescapable (we have to have those IDs regardless), so we should just use them rather than bringing a new threat vector into the mix.

And, honestly, our industry has provided, and continues to provide, ample evidence for why companies can't be trusted with any personal data at all, and particularly identity data.

[reaperducer]

Would make way more sense to just use verification claims backed by government issued IDs, rather than relying on a third party like World(coin).

And then the government outsources it when the latest wave of privatization hype comes through.