proof.im
Zero-Trust proof of identity with public digital signatures
I can prove my GitHub identity now! https://proof.im/jshawl/on-github/
Everything is still hidden in the app - because I'm sure I've overlooked some security issue that might allow proving any identity. 🙈
So many features to work on in the near future:
- multiple GH/HN accounts
- different proof.im handle from HN/GH username.
I'm also starting to share links back a bit more - on twitter, on GitHub, wherever really. This is the most code I've ever written without getting feedback from any users, but this is a scratch-my-own-itch kind of project, so noone to build for but myself.
I can prove my HN identity now! https://proof.im/jshawl
It's pretty rad. I'd like to focus a little more on education - e.g. why would anyone want to digitally sign anything? Why would they want this signature on the public internet?
I can't stop thinking about an authentication scheme that doesn't know any private information (passwords or private keys).
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I really like this idea. Definitely agree that more education in this space can only be a beneficial thing for lay people. I think (with no evidence to back it up), that this is something people care about but don't know that they care about.
Do you have a path to monetisation with this, or is this something that you can comfortably host and maintain yourself? I ask because I think that my main issue is that people use this service, then the service goes away.
Also, quick typo I noticed:
cryptographically verifiable proofs of idenity
All the best with this idea!
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Thank you! At the moment, I'm able to host without charging anything. I'm not sure I have an idea for monetization yet - I'd really like to avoid subscriptions and see if I can go the donation / fundraising / sponsor route. Thanks for pointing out the typo!
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