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Privacy opportunities and risks (and Qs). Opportunities Digitally signed qualifications could be self-verifying What new/improved processes might this enable? Digitally expressed qualifications could be more/less granular What granularities do we need? (Qualification? Subjects? Module marks?)
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Privacy opportunities and risks (and Qs) • Opportunities • Digitally signed qualifications could be self-verifying • What new/improved processes might this enable? • Digitally expressed qualifications could be more/less granular • What granularities do we need? (Qualification? Subjects? Module marks?) • Digital qualifications could be recipient-specific (DRM for degrees!) • Or are existing protections against “theft” effective/appropriate? • Risks • Unwanted disclosure by “hacking” of qualification store • Where is qualification best technically protected? • Unwanted disclosure by social engineering • Who knows best who the right recipients are? • Business model creating perverse incentives (e.g. Selling data) • What business model matches privacy interests?