Thank you for highlighting the complexities around multiple passports and identity. Let me clarify the vision for a "human passport" concept:
1. The "human passport" I'm envisioning differs from traditional passports. Perhaps we could reuse the name WorldID that Worldcoin is developing, which uses biometric data like iris codes to ensure uniqueness. This approach is already working to some degree. Ideally, I just wish that it became a standard, with more implementations and also keep the iris-data at the device level, leaving countries with no excuse to refuse adoption. The goal is to have a standardized, cross-verifiable iris data system, rather than relying on a single authority to guarantee against forgery.
2. The varying name spellings on your different passports wouldn't be relevant to this system. Names are too variable to be components of a unique ID for each human. Instead, I imagine using something more like a social security number, that authorities issuing passports guarantee you never used twice at the same period. The ID thing is just a quick way to locate your public passport. The uniqueness check doesn't depend on this ID. It can be derived using your own private data to access your "human passport" released in public, which is generated using zero-knowledge proofs, and preserving privacy.
Its uniqueness relies on authorities, also relies on some biometric data for example iris-data one-way features, etc., so even if you try to trick the system and create multiple IDs, you'd probably get caught.
3. This isn't just a vision - WorldID is already in use with millions of users. I just wish for wider adoption and for countries to have no excuse not to adapt it as a worldwide standard. The human passport vision isn't about pushing crypto tech; it's about considering how to make 'all lives matter worldwide' from another perspective.
1. The "human passport" I'm envisioning differs from traditional passports. Perhaps we could reuse the name WorldID that Worldcoin is developing, which uses biometric data like iris codes to ensure uniqueness. This approach is already working to some degree. Ideally, I just wish that it became a standard, with more implementations and also keep the iris-data at the device level, leaving countries with no excuse to refuse adoption. The goal is to have a standardized, cross-verifiable iris data system, rather than relying on a single authority to guarantee against forgery.
2. The varying name spellings on your different passports wouldn't be relevant to this system. Names are too variable to be components of a unique ID for each human. Instead, I imagine using something more like a social security number, that authorities issuing passports guarantee you never used twice at the same period. The ID thing is just a quick way to locate your public passport. The uniqueness check doesn't depend on this ID. It can be derived using your own private data to access your "human passport" released in public, which is generated using zero-knowledge proofs, and preserving privacy. Its uniqueness relies on authorities, also relies on some biometric data for example iris-data one-way features, etc., so even if you try to trick the system and create multiple IDs, you'd probably get caught.
3. This isn't just a vision - WorldID is already in use with millions of users. I just wish for wider adoption and for countries to have no excuse not to adapt it as a worldwide standard. The human passport vision isn't about pushing crypto tech; it's about considering how to make 'all lives matter worldwide' from another perspective.