Thread by @fraser_again

What connects @Apple #Airtags, @ethereum (#Ethereum) naming service (#ENS) and identity using #NFTs?

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https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1483197457471258630

1/ The law of unintended consequences, specifically unintended tracking.

Read on for the parallels and contrasts
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintende…

2/ Whilst #airtags were designed to track "things" they certainly weren't designed to stalk people as they are.
bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

3/ In contrast, #ENS and identity via #NFTs were designed to make life easier. Whilst they achieve some of this, they largely do it by ruining the privacy of the individual.

4/ One of the issues with ENS is succinctly nailed below. As comical and bleak as this seems, #Succession neatly nails the sordid dynamic of unsolicited #dickpics

https://twitter.com/_mihirpatel/status/1478776414023438342?s=20

5/ This issue is replicated in "identity using #NFTs" which whilst simple, make the subject a globally traceable target.

6/ Further, the last two of these seem completely antithetical to the #anonymity and #privacy prized by the majority of the #crypto / #web3.0 community.

A classic case of sacrificing privacy on the altar of convenience.

7/ Common across all three is the ease of using these and hence the adoption they have had.

Privacy issues are a problem when they affect single individuals but when they affect hundreds of thousands to millions, the potential danger is colossal.

8/ To finish with a familiar refrain, there is a better way: #SSI

The technology is available to solve the same use-cases in a privacy preserving fashion. It is though on the SSI community to make the technology easier to use and adopt.