A digital Identity refers to the body of information about an external agent that exists online. The external agent could be a person, an organization, an application, or even a device. Digital identities are distinguished by computer systems through the detection of unique patterns and other identifiers. Social media and other online services use these unique patterns to connect you to your digital identity. Unique patterns and other identifiers are determined through the entire collection of information generated by a person’s online activity. This would include usernames and passwords, online search activities, birth date, social security, and purchasing history. Digital identity is especially determined by information that is publicly available and not anonymized. Because of this, digital identity can very well be considered a facet of someone’s entire social identity. It is a consequence of the increasing use of computers, and the need to provide computers with information that can be used to identify external agents.
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