"However, it is worth noting that the most commonly utilized tools for enabling individuals to carry their identities with them are currently found in the Web3 ecosystem."
"Sign in with Google" would like to have a word with you. Scan your passport to link your account to your identity and Google can provide the ZKP-equivalent verification to a third-party that you're a person without sharing your passport. Are there some downsides compared to solutions like Worldcoin? Yes, but there are also advantages. Based on your own metric of usage, Google is used by about 1000x more people and has solid structural moats to maintain that.
"Based on your own metric of usage, Google is used by about 1000x more people and has solid structural moats to maintain that." -> Sign in with google proves that I have a google account, nothing more.
"Scan your passport to link your account to your identity and Google can provide the ZKP-equivalent verification to a third-party that you're a person without sharing your passport." -> They don't today
"Sign in with Google" would like to have a word with you." -> Email is shreyjaineth@gmail.com
Maybe I am missing something here but I don't understand your point? My argument was to state how interoperable identity today is seen in an elegant way with crypto wallets that let you attest to authenticity of your social interactions from one platform on another. Google could surely do this, but to my knowldege they do not today?
"However, it is worth noting that the most commonly utilized tools for enabling individuals to carry their identities with them are currently found in the Web3 ecosystem."
"Sign in with Google" would like to have a word with you. Scan your passport to link your account to your identity and Google can provide the ZKP-equivalent verification to a third-party that you're a person without sharing your passport. Are there some downsides compared to solutions like Worldcoin? Yes, but there are also advantages. Based on your own metric of usage, Google is used by about 1000x more people and has solid structural moats to maintain that.
"Based on your own metric of usage, Google is used by about 1000x more people and has solid structural moats to maintain that." -> Sign in with google proves that I have a google account, nothing more.
"Scan your passport to link your account to your identity and Google can provide the ZKP-equivalent verification to a third-party that you're a person without sharing your passport." -> They don't today
"Sign in with Google" would like to have a word with you." -> Email is shreyjaineth@gmail.com
Maybe I am missing something here but I don't understand your point? My argument was to state how interoperable identity today is seen in an elegant way with crypto wallets that let you attest to authenticity of your social interactions from one platform on another. Google could surely do this, but to my knowldege they do not today?