Designing Verifiable Health Solutions for Global Pandemic
Explore a 21-minute conference talk from USENIX Enigma 2021 that delves into the design of verifiable health solutions for global pandemics. Gain insights from Mark Funk of Obscure Group as he shares his team's early work on creating an abstract solution for verifiable attestation, lab test results, and vaccination history during the COVID-19 outbreak. Learn about the complex considerations in addressing public safety and privacy concerns, including the user experience, general architecture options, and key protocol features. Examine the challenges of balancing centralized and hybrid architectures, understanding various actors in the system, and implementing policies for different capabilities. Discover how the proposed solution handles identity verification, health verification, and abuse prevention while enforcing isolation measures. Reflect on the lessons learned and how they can be applied to better prepare for future health crises and evaluate the costs of introducing new technologies. Read more