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Re-thinking zero-knowledge proofs for everyday identity

Microsoft Research Blog - Microsoft Research·Srinath Setty·4 days ago
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At a glance Vega lets users prove facts from government-issued credentials — age, personhood, professional status — without revealing the credential itself. The credential never leaves the device.  Zero-knowledge proofs are generated in under 100 ms on a commodity client device with no trusted setup, making private identity verification practical at scale.  Fold-and-reuse proving means repeated presentations — to different services or through AI agents — skip most of the expensive work after the first proof.  Vega targets real-world formats like mobile driver’s licenses and the EU Digital Identity Wallet, is built in Rust, and will be open sourced soon. AI is transforming how people interact with digital services, from AI-powered assistants to autonomous agents that act on a user’s behalf.…

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