Heather Dahl, Indicio
“What SSI does is it introduces trust, it introduces verified
source data and it brings the dignity back to the holder to allow what they
want to disclose given the context of that relationship.”
Quote from Heather Dahl, Indicio CEO, during a panel
discussion at The Phocuswright Conference published on PhocusWire this week,
about the application of emerging self-sovereign digital identity solutions in
the travel industry.
The “dignity” that Indicio CEO Heather Dahl speaks of stems
from that fact that identity solutions built on self-sovereign, decentralized
technology put the control in the hands of the individual – in this case, the
traveler.
Using a verifiable credential stored in a digital wallet,
the traveler has complete and sole control over when his or her personal data
is shared, what parts…