# Citizen ID ## Indicio decentralizes and digitizes your citizen identity for faster, more secure access to government services. By using verifiable credentials, Indicio offers you a way to issue secure, decentralized digital identities to your citizens that allow them to cryptographically prove their identity for fast and trusted access to government benefits and systems they need. ### Government benefits * Increase security with phishing-proof verifiable credentials; unlike passwords or physical keys, these credentials cannot be lost, stolen, or copied. * Fight fraud and reduce data breaches by removing reliance on centralized databases for sensitive identity information. * Provide a better experience for your citizens with fast, secure access to the information they need. * Save time and money by removing the need to manually issue paper documents * Protect your systems and staff from deepfakes and fraud with mutual authentication, which establishes a digital two-way verification process before sharing sensitive information. ### Citizen benefits * Access the benefits you need with less time spent on identity and document verification. * Reduce identity theft and impersonation attempts with a secure digital identification that cannot be copied by bad actors. * Reduce dependency on collecting and keeping fragile paper documents for proving identity. * Prove and verify identity in seconds with these fast, simple, easy-to-use credentials. * Receive and renew documents with a significantly reduced wait time.
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