Today, South Korea’s SK Telekom announced the commercial launch of a blockchain-based digital identity app developed with telecom companies KT and LG U+. Called ‘Pass’, the app enables verification of the user’s driving license to enable authentication for different services.
The identity authentication app has been around since 2018, and the digital driving license feature has been added in the recent update. Each telecom firm has its own Pass app and a person can only be registered with one of them.
An example of an application is a person proving they are of drinking age without sharing personal information like their address.
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