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submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/privacy@programming.dev

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 5 points 3 months 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?

[-] luokaton@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Okay, i found a use case 😉 Where I live, you can get anonymous STI testing, and at the reception they identify you by first name and date of birth that you filled out online – but since it's communicated verbally, everyone in the waiting room can hear.

That's where Memdeklaro could come in: they already trust whatever name and DoB you give them verbally, so they might just as well trust a piece of plastic that's conveniently available in your wallet.

[-] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[-] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Companies don't like legally-questionable (in their mind at least) licenses. If you look at the people who use this license, it's mostly very small personal projects.

[-] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

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

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