💡Known Identifiers

The Known Identifiers tool can be a simple and very powerful way to confirm that a person is only using one BrightID account.

It relies on an Aura Player knowing which identifiers (such as social accounts, legal names, addresses, phone numbers) are associated with a person. This knowledge comes from an existing relationship with that person, since Aura Players should not ask subjects for personally identifying information.

Using a Socialist Millionaire Protocol, Aura Players can agree on the same BrightID account without revealing any new private information to each other.

See the BrightID forum post on known identifiers for a full description.

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