User identity directory consolidation was a big issue in 2003.
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One large problem in making this work is the need for a cross-site user identity, one that links together the activity from one user in all of the different networks.
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On Facebook and other social-networking sites, referers can expose a user's identity.
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It checks a user's identity, looks up his rights, contacts a financial clearing-house to arrange payment and, if everything is in order, decrypts the digital work.
Curiously, Affirm will use Facebook to verify a user's identity, and it'll also use a wide range of social and location-based data to determine an individual's credit worthiness.
The Interior Ministry could not confirm the user's identity.
By default, bitcoin may not offer anonymity and untraceability like our paper cash today, but it is better described as user-defined anonymity because the decision to reveal identity and usage patterns resides solely with the bitcoin user.
The merchant will see a photo of the Square user for confirmation of their identity.
For example, Google's "APIs, " or application programming interfaces, the tools used to develop applications for a platform, pass on information about the identity of the user.
In order to mitigate the risk of fraud, Affirm prompts users to connect with their Gmail or Facebook accounts, which allow the company to verify the identity of the user.
As it becomes possible to conduct transactions from mobile devices, he argues, it will become increasingly important to be able to verify the identity of the user of a particular device.
Over the past few years Microsoft has worked hard to build a loyal user base around the MSN identity by giving people access to exclusive content such as online pop concerts.
Credit and debit card fraud has increased by 53% over the last two years, which is why banks sometimes check the identity of the card user if a transaction is taking place abroad.
These entities could have access to sensitive information, including a user's location, contacts, identity, messages and photos.
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So if he is willing to bet millions on OneID, a start-up that promises to replace your user name and password for all your accounts with a single digital identity, OneID may be on to something big.
The only intentional sharing of identity information, she said, was an encoded version of the user's email address, provided to a company that sends marketing emails to readers who opt to receive them.
Like e-mail spam with a spoofed identity, the Related Post shows up in a newsfeed right under the user's name and picture.
These solutions facilitate business user participation, simplify technical information in a meaningful way for business users, and treat identity management as the critical business process it is.
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