Identity, trust, and their role in modern applications
In the software world, identity is the mapping of a person, place, or thing in a verifiable manner to a software resource. Whenever you interact with nearly anything on the internet, you are dealing with identities: Facebook identity Email address Login name and password for a website Everyone has multiple identities—multiple ways that people know who you are and interact with you in the virtual world. Here are a few of my identities: Twitter: @leeatchison LinkedIn: leeatchison Email address: lee###@####.com Phone number: (360) ###-#### [ Also on InfoWorld: Where software development is headed in 2022 ] Each of these is a different way of identifying me to my friends, family, co-workers, partners, and vendors. You deal with identities all the time. Identities can represent more than people. Everything you interact with in the real world that has a presence in the virtual world has to deal with identity and identity management:To read this article in full, please click here
In the software world, identity is the mapping of a person, place, or thing in a verifiable manner to a software resource. Whenever you interact with nearly anything on the internet, you are dealing with identities:
- Facebook identity
- Email address
- Login name and password for a website
Everyone has multiple identities—multiple ways that people know who you are and interact with you in the virtual world. Here are a few of my identities:
- Twitter: @leeatchison
- LinkedIn: leeatchison
- Email address: lee###@####.com
- Phone number: (360) ###-####
Each of these is a different way of identifying me to my friends, family, co-workers, partners, and vendors. You deal with identities all the time. Identities can represent more than people. Everything you interact with in the real world that has a presence in the virtual world has to deal with identity and identity management:
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