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Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr <tthibodeau@openlinksw.com>
Co-authored-by: David Chadwick <d.w.chadwick@truetrust.co.uk>
Co-authored-by: Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com>
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</section>

<section class="informative">
<h3>Status List Monitoring</h3>
<h3>Monitoring Status Lists</h3>

<p>
Once a <a>verifier</a> knows of a status list and entry index that is
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status list continues to be updated. This is useful to a <a>verifier</a> that
needs to understand when a particular <a>verifiable credential</a> has changed
status without asking the <a>issuer</a> directly for status information on
the specific <a>holder</a> or when interacting with the <a>holder</a> to get
the specific <a>verifiable credential</a> or when interacting with the <a>holder</a> to get
the latest status information is not possible. The feature can also cause a
privacy violation if the <a>holder</a> is unaware of the ability for the
<a>verifier</a> to perform near-real-time checks on the status of the
privacy violation for the <a>holder</a> and/or <a>subject(s)</a> if the
<a>verifier</a> is able to perform near-real-time checks on the status of the
<a>verifiable credential</a>.
</p>

<p>
<a>Issuers</a> can provide a level of reprieve from this privacy concern to
<a>holders</a> by revoking and re-issuing effectively the same
<a>Issuers</a> can provide a level of reprieve from this privacy concern
<a>holders</a> by revoking and reissuing effectively the same
<a>verifiable credential</a> on a timeline that is relatively short in nature.
For example, an <a>issuer</a> could automatically re-issue a
<a>verifiable credential</a> every three months to break any sort of long-term
monitoring of a <a>verifiable credential</a> as it changes status and assign
a new status entry index when the re-issuance occurs.
For example, an <a>issuer</a> could automatically reissue a
<a>verifiable credential</a> every three months and assign a new status entry
index when the reissuance occurs to break any sort of long-term monitoring
of a <a>verifiable credential</a> as it changes status.
</p>

</section>

<section class="informative">
<h3>Status Message Correlation</h3>
<h3>Correlation of Status Messages</h3>
<p>
This specification provides a means by which multiple status messages can be
provided for a particular entry in a status list. While this mechanism can
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</section>

<section class="informative">
<h3>Status Message Alterations</h3>
<h3>Alteration of Status Messages</h3>

<p>
When a status list uses the status messages feature, it becomes possible for
the <a>issuer</a> to increase the type of messages that are associated with
the <a>issuer</a> to increase the types of messages that are associated with
the <a>verifiable credentials</a> it issues over time.
</p>

<p>
This feature creates a potential privacy violation where <a>holder</a> of the
This feature creates a potential privacy violation where a <a>holder</a> or
<a>subject</a> of the
<a>verifiable credential</a> might be associated with additional status
information that was not present when the original <a>verifiable credential</a>
was issued. For example, initial status messages might convey "delayed" and
"canceled", but additional status messages might be added by the <a>issuer</a>
to convey "delayed due to non-payment" and "canceled due to illegal activity",
which would not be apparent to the <a>holder</a> unless there was monitoring
software operating on behalf of the holder that would warn them that the
<a>issuer</a> intends to expose additional information about their activity.
to convey "delayed due to non-payment" and "canceled due to illegal activity".
This change would not be apparent to the <a>holder</a> unless there was
monitoring software operating on their behalf that would warn them that
the <a>issuer</a> intends to expose additional information about their activity.
</p>

<p>
Holder software can provide features to <a>holders</a> that warn them about
their level of information exposure when using <a>verifiable credentials</a>
that are associated with status messages and warn them when the level of
the level of <a>holder</a> and/or <a>subject</a> information exposure when using <a>verifiable credentials</a>
that are associated with status messages, and warn them when the level of
information exposure changes.
</p>
</section>
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