Sam Goto from the Google #Chrome Team speaking now at the @w3c Credential Community Group about #FedCM (Eliminating Cross-Site Tracking) and its intersection with #CHAPI (i.e. Digital Wallet Selector Mechanism)

https://meet.w3c-ccg.org/weekly

#VerifiableCredentials #DigitalWallet

81 combinations of #Issuers #DigitalWallets and #Verifiers demonstrated during the #VerifiableCredentials PlugFest using #VCAPI and #CHAPI

Slides from today's W3C CCG Call regarding the #VerifiableCredentials #Interoperability #Plugfest @

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JfrLZnnh8-GfyBS_DDU2YW0pSp_fTNs_6YfjuyBRk8c/edit#slide=id.g35f391192_00

#DigitalWallet #JFF #OpenBadges #VCAPI #CHAPI #DIDAuth #OIDC4VI

"The biggest mistake that I made was not understanding the asymmetric nature of the parties involved in identity" ~ Kim Cameron (#IIW Keynote in 2016)

Kim was a giant in the #digitalidentity ecosystem, not just for his technical brilliance but for his willingness to be open and collaborative in bringing disparate parties together. He is sorely missed!

Back in 2016, the organizers of IIW @Identitywoman, Doc Searls and Phil Windley asked Kim to give a keynote on the lessons learned from the "Laws of Identity" 10 years later https://www.identityblog.com/?p=1631

I was in that audience and there was a critical point that Kim made that remains highly relevant to the current conversation on #digitalwallets and #VerifiableCredentials.

There was no video or audio recording of the keynote, so I had to go back into the live-tweets from back in the day and piece that point together (see image)

The current discussions in the #VC/#DID ecosystem continues to ignore this point on asymmetric power relationships when it comes to the nature of who has the agency and decision authority regarding what #digitalwallet will be used and how that is choice is surfaced to them.

I absolutely believe that the choice should be in the hands of the individual and not be left in the hands of the Issuer (identity provider) or Verifier (Relying Party) via the use of the 21st century version of the NASCAR page, which is QR Codes on the Issuer or Verifier site -- for all the reasons noted by Kim in his keynote!

Which is why the conversation regarding the Credential Handler API (#CHAPI) and the #FedCM today at the @w3c is so important!

Details here @ https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2022Dec/0052.html