Harvard launched an open-source wallet that stores biometric data on your phone instead of servers
Harvard's Applied Social Media Lab has developed Keyring, an open-source digital identity wallet that stores biometric data on users' phones rather than on corporate servers. The tool aims to enhance privacy and reduce the risk of identity theft by minimizing data exposure. Instead of sharing full personal details, users can disclose only necessary information to online services.
- ▪Keyring is designed to store biometric data locally on a user's smartphone.
- ▪It allows users to share minimal, necessary information with online services to protect privacy.
- ▪The system was created by researchers at Harvard's Applied Social Media Lab.
- ▪Traditional online account systems store personal data on third-party servers, increasing privacy risks.
- ▪Biometric identity verification is being explored by services like Tinder to confirm user authenticity.
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Every time you create a new online account, you’re handing over personal data to a server you’ll never control. Since an average person can have hundreds of online accounts on different services, that adds up to a lot of data sitting in corporate databases. Researchers at Harvard’s Applied Social Media Lab say that this system puts your privacy at risk and makes you more vulnerable to identity theft. Their solution to this problem is Keyring, an open-source identity wallet that stores your biometric data on your phone instead. How does Keyring actually work? ASML / Harvard Think of it as a privacy-first digital ID. Rather than exposing your full details to every service you use, Keyring lets you share only what’s strictly necessary.
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