The Future of Digital Identity

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Future of Digital Identity
Hans de Zwart, Technology, Innovation, Education, April 25, 2013
Identity is an ongoing concern, both in the news and in our daily lives. Digital identity creates constraints around what would once have been an anonymous activity - buying a magazine, for example - while at the same time streamlining others - like online banking, for example. Surveillance and biometrics solve serious criminal threats, but when used to constrain legal demonstration, pose the possibility of suppression. More...