1C/ COVID Credentials Initiative Update/Overview
COVID Credentials Initiative (CCI) Update/Overview
Tuesday 1C
Convener: Lucy Yang (lucyy.cci@lfph.io)
Notes-taker(s): Kaliya Young (kaliyay.cci@lfph.io) & John Walker (johnw.cci@lfph.io)
Tags for the session - technology discussed/ideas considered:
Current Open Proposals: We will host another session (Day 2 Session 14 2:30 pm PT) to talk about these proposals
Proofmarket (Medcreds): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hlR_2yp7EJQqYvxm8mNY-KNgwScTsClKDp6W6yw33Ic/edit?usp=sharing
Indicio: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vl9IKRg6ygHD1njc8GfnjsQglDOVglBKbuXHSuqQ7T4/edit?usp=sharing
Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:
Session Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11K027LlitWljJu_XNTztqc6BGvhsD8JBX5OkavLEEMA/edit?usp=sharing
Questions about Government
Obstacles:
Paper as the basis of proof
What Vaccine you take
John Jordan - talking about the perspective they have governments. They are very concerned about how governments are concerned that people might ask them for information. Aligning with the mental models
Anil John - we are interested in the technology US immigration and citizenship suervices - to issue immigration credentials, Green Cards, US Naturalization, Work Permits
We funded the development of Decentralized ID and Verifiable Credentials. Decentralized Identifiers - meaningless but unique identifier. VC model - breaks phone home paradigm that is in the traditional PKI
The starting point for talking to a government.
Equity and Access. Government entity not only opportunity - bridge to paper. Meet people where they are. Technology and verifiable credentials.
Credentials used in combination.
People should not be put in position where they need 5 different wallets, infrastructures to share 6 credentials.
Clear path bridge to paper -
Lucy - sharing the workstreams
Use-Case Implementation Workstream
EU approach was discussed last time.
Rules and Governance Workstream - technical part is challenging - a lot of moving pieces. Challenges - interoperability at policy level - from state health agencies. Identify key principles to follow -
Vaccine Credentials Focus Group
Responses to various entities asking for input
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Summit Series
Paper Based Verifiable Credentials
From Closed-Loop Systems and Open World Credentials Exchange
Open Standards
Schema’s - community led
Credential Format and Signing protocols
Credential Exchange Protocols
QR codes that encode data - contain uniques identifiers and personal information in them. Really dangerous - digital credentials using paper as a transport mechanisms. It is permanent - and it can be scanned and the control is lost.
The name is a little akward - they are digital credentials - QR codes are machine readable.
As a person who advises government decision makers. Privacy rules would be violated.
RE: Paper credentials… Is the solution required, a cheap accessible device that can securely verify the holder? E.g. a usb key that has a finger print reader or something like that. If it was under $20 or something then it could be in reach for nearly all.
Check out Tangem NFC cards.
Manny - healthcare and technologists.
This is about health information
A lot of considerations here - that are well intentioned being trained in outbreak medicine and pandemic response. All biomedical
Medical Ethics - Autonomy, Justice,
Stick to medical ethics.
Different diseases - need to be thought of differently
Started personal health information and infrastructure around it right.
Trying to let people whole it.
Hard to engage with policy makers - who don’t understand the disease are making decisions.
Karn - question slide - venn diagram with VCI, GHP, CCI - software implementation - do we have open source code bases right now?
What is thought process behind having open source code base - many implementors.
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Ontario with paper AB2004 barriers was equity - needs to be a paper option or won’t fly in California.
Here is a project that BC Gov digital trust services is collaborating on that has capabilities in line with what is needed to do the VC issuer, verifier, and holder. Issuing to individual wallets is being implemented this month.
