Digital identity systems have the promise of efficiently facilitating access to services for a nation's citizens while increasing security and convenience. There are many possible system architectures, each with strengths and weaknesses that should be carefully considered. This report first establishes a set of goals and vulnerabilities faced by any identity system, then evaluates the trade-offs of common digital identity architectures, principally comparing centralised and decentralised systems.
翻译:数字身份识别系统有望有效便利一国公民获得服务,同时增加安全和便利,存在许多可能的系统结构,每个系统都有优缺点,应当仔细考虑,本报告首先确定所有身份识别系统面临的一系列目标和弱点,然后评估共同数字身份识别结构的权衡,主要是比较集中和分散的系统。