Digital identities.Digital identity.

Summary Digital identities play a major role in the news, provoking intense work and debate about the evolution of Internet usage and the emergence of new digital services. The lack of control over the technologies used, the increase in identity theft, the desire of Europe and France to regulate the Internet, to protect the privacy of citizens and to develop trustworthy services, are all problems posed by the computerization of the world. This book provides an overview of the current thinking and work on digital identity management in various contexts, such as social networks, cloud computing and the Internet of Things. The technical and legal advances aimed at protecting digital identities are presented, with a particular focus on authentication techniques, identity federation tools and privacy protection techniques In the past four decades, information technology has altered chains of value production, distribution, and information access at a significant rate.