Privacy by Design for Self-Sovereign Identity Systems: An in-depth Component Analysis completed by a Design Assistance Dashboard

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02520v1
• Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:42:29 GMT
• Title: Privacy by Design for Self-Sovereign Identity Systems: An in-depth Component Analysis completed by a Design Assistance Dashboard
• Authors: Montassar Naghmouchi, Maryline Laurent,
• Abstract summary: Countries such as Bhutan have already implemented an SSI infrastructure to manage the identity of their citizens.<n>The EU, thanks to the revised eIDAS regulation, is opening the door for SSI vendors to develop SSI systems for the planned EU digital identity wallet.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: The use of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) systems for digital identity management is gaining traction and interest. Countries such as Bhutan have already implemented an SSI infrastructure to manage the identity of their citizens. The EU, thanks to the revised eIDAS regulation, is opening the door for SSI vendors to develop SSI systems for the planned EU digital identity wallet. These developments, which fall within the sovereign domain, raise questions about individual privacy. The purpose of this article is to help SSI solution designers make informed choices to ensure that the designed solution is privacy-friendly. The observation is that the range of possible solutions is very broad, from DID and DID resolution methods to verifiable credential types, publicly available information (e.g. in a blockchain), type of infrastructure, etc. As a result, the article proposes (1) to group the elementary building blocks of a SSI system into 5 structuring layers, (2) to analyze for each layer the privacy implications of using the chosen building block, and (3) to provide a design assistance dashboard that gives the complete picture of the SSI, and shows the interdependencies between architectural choices and technical building blocks, allowing designers to make informed choices and graphically achieve a SSI solution that meets their need for privacy.

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