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Memdeklaro - Freedom of identity - Open source alternative to centralized ID (memdeklaro.org)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Memdeklaro - Self declaration of identity (https://memdeklaro.org/) empowers people to self-declare their own identity, without third parties, surveillance or censorship. Aiming to present an alternative to the exclusionary state monopoly on identity, Memdeklaro is accessible to everyone, and is a non-government and non-corporate project, similar to Garry Davis’s World Passport and Digitalcourage’s ID with self-chosen data. Memdeklaro’s self declaration generator, ebook, presentation and webpage are in the public domain: https://github.com/memdeklaro

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[–] luokaton@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I’m totally digging the sentiment, but I struggle to understand the practical aspects. What use is this ID, if realistically no institution is gonna accept it? What’s stopping me from claiming that i’m Marie Skłodowska-Curie? How can I trust that someone presenting me with such an ID is a freedom-loving stateless refugee, and not a criminal faking their identity?

[–] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This seems like a solution looking for a problem.

How can I or the people around me trust this when it's licensed under unlicense?

If governments and companies decide to adopt this I feel like only then will this become a real useful tool.

As it is currently, it's an interesting idea that needs a bit more development time on the initial concept or pitch.

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why is no license a red flag? Other than failing to protect future developments from trivial enshittification and takeover, anyways...

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

companies don't like legally-questionable (in their mind at least) licenses

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

That's orthogonal to why it is bad. Many licenses are "legally questionable" for closed corporations to use.