Introducing the Digital Credentials API origin trial

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2024-09-04 22:00:04

Eiji Kitamura X GitHub Glitch Mastodon

An origin trial for the Digital Credentials API is starting from Chrome 128. Digital Credentials API is a new web platform API that allows websites to selectively request verifiable information about the user through digital credentials such as a driver's license or a national identification card stored in a digital wallet.

Real world digital identity is becoming a reality with many public and private entities starting to issue device-bound digital credentials. For example, mobile driver's licenses and IDs in select US states (such as Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, and Maryland) can now be provisioned to digital wallet apps such as Google Wallet on mobile devices. Regulations concerning the acceptance of digital credentials for certain online verifications are also emerging and eIDAS 2.0 is one example.