Sam Altman’s Worldcoin is addressing this issue in a way. Your proof of humanity is tied to a unique eye scan. Similarly, a wallet whose private key is tied to biometric verification could greatly, but completely, secure one’s digital identity held in that wallet.
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Wreckronomicon@lemmy.world 1 year agoI think what they’re asking is how do you protect your token?
You have to have some way of storing and presenting that token so what would stop somebody from stealing or replicating the method of presenting said token? The way it is done now with cryptocurrency is far, far from ideal and can easily lead to permanent loss of access.
zanzo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Chorche@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What if you lose your eye in an accident? What if you lose your finger or hand?
zanzo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
no longer human then.
Poggervania@kbin.social 1 year ago
I advocate for using a dick pic for dudes and a booby pic for the ladies to verify your identity in those extreme cases.
Poggervania@kbin.social 1 year ago
Ohhh, I see. Yeah, that would be probably one of the major obstacles that would need to be sorted before something like that would be feasible, because you are right - right now you’d be just as screwed if you lost access to that token as you would be if you lost your SSN card or something.