Why Decentralised ID Won't Work Thanks to a number of high profile and damaging security incidents in Australia people have once again been discussing Decentralised ID (DID). As someone who has spent most of the career working on identity management, I'm here to tell you why it will not work. What Is Decentralised ID Trying To Do? To understand what DID is trying to achieve we have to look at what a "centralised" system is doing. Lets consider an account holder like Google. You create an acco...