A digital identity is information on an entity used by computer systems to represent an external agent. That agent may be a person, organization, application, or device. ISO/IEC 24760-1 defines identity as “set of attributes related to an entity”.
Telegram is introducing a new feature called Passport, a single sign-on option for services that need actual real-world IDs or documents. Passport will let users store their files and data in Telegram’s cloud and pass it directly on to services that need that information (via Neowin).
OAuth 2.0 – industry-standard protocol for authorization; There is a controversy, as the earlier standard, OAuth 1.0, is arguably more secure; see wikipedia.
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The digital identity is used in various online activities and particular care and many efforts in standardization are related to finance (cf. fintech).
Related pages include distributed computing, blockchain
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