Users seek independent credential ownership to escape third‑party authentication
Problem
Many users are frustrated with current online identity systems that require reliance on email/phone numbers controlled by third parties, leading to account lockouts and loss of ownership. They desire a self‑owned, portable credential that can be used without arbitrary platform rejections.
Pain points
- Unable to truly own account, dependent on third‑party email/phone
- Major platforms (e.g., Google) arbitrarily reject logins
- Existing identity solutions (e.g., PGP key servers) lack satisfactory alternatives
- Unfamiliarity with the PLC concept causing confusion
Questions to verify
- Would you be willing to pay for such a self‑owned credential?
- Can this solution address your experience of being rejected by existing platforms?
- Do you already understand the PLC concept, or do you need further explanation?
Evidence
quote · @Anonymous
This might be one of the closest things I've seen to actually being able to own your account - instead of having it not just owned by a second party in every way that matters, but also beholden to a third party via an e-mail or a phone number you can't possibly own in any meaningful way.That's pretty important in a world where the likes of Google can and will just reject your attempt to log in with a valid password on the grounds of "we don't like you", and force you to "confirm" yourself using a phone number that's defunct since 2009.The issue is, as often is the case, adoption.
quote · @Anonymous
Just curious, how is this different from something like a PGP key server?
quote · @Anonymous
Better than the eyeball-scanning ghouls.
Disclaimer: this card is distilled by AI from community discussions as “pain point evidence”. It is a starting point for need analysis and validation, not a “validated market need”. AI has analytical limits; please open the original discussion above to manually verify before key decisions.