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Interpersonal relationships are increasingly being managed over digital communication media in general, and by electronic social networks in particular. Thus, digital identity, conceived as a way in which to characterize and recognize people on the Internet, has taken center stage. However, this concept remains vague in many of its aspects, which complicates the definitions of the requirements or goals of digital, remote communication. This work aims to shed light on this topic by sketching a basic conceptual framework, including the terminology that captures the essence of digital identity, to analyze those issues of concern to Internet users regarding recognizing their communication partners, and to propose possible solutions.
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This work was partially supported by the EC within the 7th Framework Programme, under grant agreement 257129 (PoSecCo), and by the MIUR in the framework of the PRIN project Gatecom. In addition, we thank the reviewers of previous versions of this work for their valuable input.
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Bichsel, P., Camenisch, J., Verdicchio, M. (2013). Recognizing Your Digital Friends. In: Altshuler, Y., Elovici, Y., Cremers, A., Aharony, N., Pentland, A. (eds) Security and Privacy in Social Networks. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4139-7_3
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