My reflection on the problems of Digital Identity

Being cyber street wise is a serious issue that requires attention especially now that there is the problem of Identification in cyberspace. The issue of knowing the person one is interacting with has been generating problems of late as there are little or no ways to exactly determine an individual’s identity in digital space. Even though there are attributes associated to a person’s digital identity, these attributes or even identities can be and are often changed, masked or dumped and new ones created. Despite the fact that there are many authentication systems and digital identifiers that try to address these problems, there is still a need for a unified and verified identification system. Thus, the need to address issues of privacy and security relating to digital identity.

Reference- Cole, S.A. (2014). A reflection of my thought on Digital Identity from the social media point of view. The Mind Press