Governments best suited to oversee, not issue digital identity wallets: OIX white paper

Governments can enforce the security and privacy protections that people want in and maintain oversight over digital wallets through trust frameworks, while avoiding cost and complexity by not issuing digital wallets themselves, the Open Identity Exchange (OIX) argues in a new white paper.

The “Governments and Digital Wallets” white paper considers a number of options for who issues and owns digital identity wallets, taking into account the benefits to end users, relying parties and governments. Various …

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