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“Digital Identity, in its simplest form, is a digital means of establishing we are who we say we are. There are at least three types of digital identity in use today: Identity issued by an identity provider; De facto identity; and self-asserted identity."
"Our identity is, literally, who we are, and as the digital technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution advance, our identity is increasingly digital. This digital identity determines what products, services and information we can access – or, conversely, what is closed off to us."
“Digital traces, footprints from cell towers, or logs of transaction behaviors, can be used as inputs in identification systems or even “social credit scores,” with or without the consent or knowledge of the individuals in question. People’s own contributions to social networks, made in the service of creating and presenting elements of a social, cultural digital identity, can be used to segment, to divide, or to serve.”
"A person’s digital identity is an amalgamation of any and all attributes and information available online that can bind a persona to a physical person. It's similar to the way that your name and an ID card make up your identity in the physical world, but your online footprint goes beyond this to include behaviors, social profiles, device information, location, search history, etc., to make up your identity in the digital world."
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