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Digital identity provides secure age verification in retail

The possibilities to carry out a digital age verification are steadily increasing. A large number of providers now offer various methods of verification online. For example, it is possible to upload a selfie of yourself. The face is then compared with other faces with an already known age, and the age is narrowed down by …

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myEGO enters into cooperation with Swisscom

myEGO was successful as a start-up with its flexible SSI wallet & SSI platform (digital identity) in the Swiss scale-up programme and won Swisscom for a commercial PoC. “Swisscom is collaborating with the startup myEGO to digitize higher-valued documents using the advantages of SSI.” This is an important milestone for myEGO. The myEGO Wallet & …

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Self-Sovereign Identity meets Mobility-as-a-Service

The transformation of mobility can be observed particularly well in large cities. A lack of parking spaces, long traffic jams, car-free zones and rising maintenance costs are making owning a car increasingly unattractive. Instead, public transport is increasingly used, car and bike-sharing are gaining popularity and alternative means of transport such as e-scooters are becoming …

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The new wallet & international DI projects

With the ID Wallet app, the Federal Government wants to bring the digital wallet to the smartphone of German citizens. The wallet enables users to manage and use digital credentials on their own smartphones. Currently, this is already possible with the driving licence – although only to a limited extent. Other functions are to follow. …

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Smart Mobility Services in the Smart City

In recent years, a number of laws have been passed at European and national level and measures have been taken to promote digitization processes and to move the smart city into the center of future urban developments. The German Online Access Act (Onlineyugangsgasetz, “OZG”) and the European digital identity (EUid) clearly showcase this. In addition …

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What is a digital identity?

Proof of one’s own identity is provided in the analogue world with the help of an identity card. It is an official document that is issued by government agencies and is considered to be nearly forgery-proof. However, proof of identity is also required in the digital world. In this case, a digital identity is used …

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With Self-Sovereign-Identity to the mobility of the future

As an exhibitor at the IAA MOBILITY 2021, myEGO is presenting this year to promote Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) as part of the mobility concepts of the future. The way people get around has been in a state of flux since industrialisation at the latest. The invention of the railway was a milestone in the …

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UN Sustainable Development Goals, thanks to SSI

The United Nations has agreed to implement 17 goals for a more sustainable world by 2030, the so-called Sustainable Goals.These goals are intended to help achieve more peaceful world order and greater prosperity in poorer and developing countries.An important component of this is point 9, which provides a concept for sustainable and innovative economic growth. …

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SSI as a solution for the upheaval in the online gambling world

On 01 July 2021, the new version of the State Treaty on Gambling will come into force. This introduces many innovations that apply to online casino operators but also their users. A large part of the implementation is a new verification system. Intending to ensure that each player can only play in one casino at a time requires …

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SSI in the smart city

The perception of identity, especially digital identity, has changed a lot in recent times. And this is especially the case in the smart city or modern city. More than ever before, it is necessary to be able to identify oneself. SSI is the new foundation. There are many different ways to verify one’s data. And …

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