:: SecureId :: Security of Identity Through Knowledge

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SecureId Security of IdentityThrough
Knowledge

• Imagine that you are in control of your digital
  identity.

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Underlying Questions

• What is context in a digital realm? Why does it
  matter?
• Why is multi-faceted digital identity important?
• Who should control personal data? Why? How?

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What is context in a digital realm? (and why does
it matter?)

• Context provides cues necessary for appropriate
  social interactions
• Individuals present different facets dependent on
  context
• Context is derived from location, people and
  types of interactions
• Digital realm location is irrelevant or
  misleading often replaced by personas

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Why is multi-faceted digital identity important?

• Necessary to present oneself properly (social
  norms or mores)
• Useful for developing contextual reputations
• Crucial for marginalized individuals
• Directly related to trust/deception

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Who should control personal data? Why?

• Individual vs. business vs. government
• Privacy vs. economic gain / ease of use
• Individual control of identity essential for
  improved online social interactions
• Must be able to properly present oneself
• Must understand how one is being perceived
• Should be able to control representation, not
  just data

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An Approach SecureId

• Construct manage digital facets
• Associate particular identity information with
  them
• Knowledge-based security to control who may
  access them
• Provide personal visual landscape
• Conveys individual digital portrait
• Gives individuals a sense of what they are sharing

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Profile Construction
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Facet Creation
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Example worlds
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More Information

• http//smg.media.mit.edu/projects/SecureId
• danah_at_media.mit.edu