Identity & Anonymity Technologies

This lecture covers technologies for a democratic society, focusing on self-sovereign identity, digital checking of legacy IDs, and the Swiss EID referendum. It also delves into federated ID systems like tequila/GASPAR, Kerberos inspiration, and ID providers. The instructor discusses proving identity properties, membership, continuity, and authenticity, emphasizing the importance of associating state with the user. Furthermore, the lecture explores privacy-preserving mechanisms, information disclosure minimization, and trust considerations in online services such as Netflix. It concludes with a discussion on promoting privacy-preserving techniques, private anonymous recommender systems, and federated machine learning.