Secure Identity Without Username or Password

Session Topic: Signing in Without Username and Password

'Tuesday 5F

Convener: Steve Kirsch

Notes-taker(s): Jim Fenton

Tags for the session - technology discussed/ideas considered:  Authentication

Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:

Steve demoed OneID, an identity service that doesn’t have usernames. OneID identifies and authenticates the user via public keys stored on their devices. Steve demonstrated transfer of keys by scanning QR codes, and showed the several ways that OneID can authenticate users, with the addition of a second device for higher risk transactions.