Microsoft is developing decentralized identity

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Post by mk44 » Tue, Feb 13, 2018, 1:20 AM UTC

Microsoft is developing decentralized identity
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Re: Microsoft is developing decentralized identity

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Post by 52-6F-62 » Tue, Feb 13, 2018, 2:04 AM UTC

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/

Re: Microsoft is developing decentralized identity

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Post by csuwldcat » Tue, Feb 13, 2018, 3:58 PM UTC

52-6F-62 wrote: post #2

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/

This is unrelated to any previous demo/work Accenture has shown. (I work on this @ MSFT)

Re: Microsoft is developing decentralized identity

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Post by 52-6F-62 » Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 6:20 PM UTC

csuwldcat wrote: post #3

52-6F-62 wrote: post #2

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/

This is unrelated to any previous demo/work Accenture has shown. (I work on this @ MSFT)

Interesting. Even the tech? It sounds remarkably similar from a high level as the UN project.

Either way, thanks for chiming in.