Empowering Privacy Through Peer-Supervised Self-Sovereign Identity: Integrating Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Blockchain Oversight, and Peer Review Mechanism
Frequent user data breaches and misuse incidents highlight the flaws in current identity management systems. This study proposes a blockchain-based, peer-supervised self-sovereign identity (SSI) generation and privacy protection technology. Our approach creates unique digital identities on the block...
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| description | Frequent user data breaches and misuse incidents highlight the flaws in current identity management systems. This study proposes a blockchain-based, peer-supervised self-sovereign identity (SSI) generation and privacy protection technology. Our approach creates unique digital identities on the blockchain, enabling secure cross-domain recognition and data sharing and satisfying the essential users’ requirements for SSI. Compared to existing SSI solutions, our approach has the practical advantages of less implementation cost, ease of users’ understanding and agreement, and better possibility of being soon adopted by current society and legal systems. The key innovative technical features include (1) using a zero-knowledge proof technology to ensure data remain “usable but invisible”, mitigating data breach risks; (2) introducing a peer review mechanism among service providers to prevent excessive data requests and misuse; and (3) implementing a comprehensive multi-party supervision system to audit all involved parties and prevent misconduct. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3b11f7e9ec344c32a68d3c152da06f112024-12-27T14:53:06ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202024-12-012424813610.3390/s24248136Empowering Privacy Through Peer-Supervised Self-Sovereign Identity: Integrating Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Blockchain Oversight, and Peer Review MechanismJunliang Liu0Zhiyao Liang1Qiuyun Lyu2School of Computer Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, ChinaSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, ChinaSchool of Cyberspace, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310005, ChinaFrequent user data breaches and misuse incidents highlight the flaws in current identity management systems. This study proposes a blockchain-based, peer-supervised self-sovereign identity (SSI) generation and privacy protection technology. Our approach creates unique digital identities on the blockchain, enabling secure cross-domain recognition and data sharing and satisfying the essential users’ requirements for SSI. Compared to existing SSI solutions, our approach has the practical advantages of less implementation cost, ease of users’ understanding and agreement, and better possibility of being soon adopted by current society and legal systems. The key innovative technical features include (1) using a zero-knowledge proof technology to ensure data remain “usable but invisible”, mitigating data breach risks; (2) introducing a peer review mechanism among service providers to prevent excessive data requests and misuse; and (3) implementing a comprehensive multi-party supervision system to audit all involved parties and prevent misconduct.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/24/8136data securityprivacy protectionself-sovereign identity (SSI)blockchainzero-knowledge proofchameleon hash |
| spellingShingle | Junliang Liu Zhiyao Liang Qiuyun Lyu Empowering Privacy Through Peer-Supervised Self-Sovereign Identity: Integrating Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Blockchain Oversight, and Peer Review Mechanism Sensors data security privacy protection self-sovereign identity (SSI) blockchain zero-knowledge proof chameleon hash |
| title | Empowering Privacy Through Peer-Supervised Self-Sovereign Identity: Integrating Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Blockchain Oversight, and Peer Review Mechanism |
| title_full | Empowering Privacy Through Peer-Supervised Self-Sovereign Identity: Integrating Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Blockchain Oversight, and Peer Review Mechanism |
| title_fullStr | Empowering Privacy Through Peer-Supervised Self-Sovereign Identity: Integrating Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Blockchain Oversight, and Peer Review Mechanism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empowering Privacy Through Peer-Supervised Self-Sovereign Identity: Integrating Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Blockchain Oversight, and Peer Review Mechanism |
| title_short | Empowering Privacy Through Peer-Supervised Self-Sovereign Identity: Integrating Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Blockchain Oversight, and Peer Review Mechanism |
| title_sort | empowering privacy through peer supervised self sovereign identity integrating zero knowledge proofs blockchain oversight and peer review mechanism |
| topic | data security privacy protection self-sovereign identity (SSI) blockchain zero-knowledge proof chameleon hash |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/24/8136 |
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