{"id":2454,"date":"2022-05-24T22:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T02:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2022-05-24T22:07:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T02:07:03","slug":"what-is-a-digital-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/2022\/05\/24\/what-is-a-digital-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a digital identity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A digital identity is defined as the body of information about an individual that exists online. They are used by computer systems to represent an external agent (i.e: a person, device, organization, or application). Unique patterns and identifiers make it possible to detect individuals and\/or their devices. Many online services use digital identity to prove it\u2019s you and give you access to services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2456 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/files\/2022\/05\/17-digital-identity-table3-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/files\/2022\/05\/17-digital-identity-table3-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/files\/2022\/05\/17-digital-identity-table3-941x1024.jpg 941w, https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/files\/2022\/05\/17-digital-identity-table3-768x836.jpg 768w, https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/files\/2022\/05\/17-digital-identity-table3.jpg 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An individual&#8217;s digital identity is an electronic file that contains pertinent personal identifiable information. This information may include their social security number, their birthday, passport number, home address, contact information, etc.\u00a0 Digital identity systems work efficiently to ensure security of personal data and standard practices.<\/p>\n<p>Having a digital identity is important because\u00a0 is unlocks various essential services to individuals. Digital identity programs help ensure equal access to those services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A digital identity is defined as the body of information about an individual that exists online. They are used by computer systems to represent an external agent (i.e: a person, device, organization, or application). Unique patterns and identifiers make it possible to detect individuals and\/or their devices. Many online services use digital identity to prove [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[663943],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-instructor","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454\/revisions\/2457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec712summer2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}