“You are more than what algorithms think of you; your story is more than your profile.”
Our digital identity stems from the older philosophical question of identity itself: “Who am I, where do I come from, where am I going?” in an online, data-driven digital world.
In other words, it arises from the question of how the layered and shifting “self” forms and presents itself once life, work, and relationships take place partly through data, profiles, and algorithms.
In the current century, we find that it becomes more meaningful to ask “who are I?”, because we assume different roles and personas in diverse contexts. Social media, games, and platforms make that multiple identity visible and constantly rearrangeable.
With digitisation, this introduces the question of how all those roles are captured in data: accounts, metadata, behavioural traces, and algorithmic profiles. Digital identity is then understood as the collection of digital characteristics and records that “speak for us” to authorities, companies, and systems.
Behind this lies a fundamental question: to what extent are we still the authors of our own identity, and to what extent is it constructed by digital infrastructures and others who read our data? The issue of digital identity therefore stems from concerns regarding, among other things, freedom, empowerment, and shared values in an increasingly digitised society.
Personal identity is about who you are as a human being: your body, character, values, relationships, and life story as you experience it yourself and as others know you in daily life. This identity emerges gradually from your natural disposition in interaction with your environment and cannot be fully captured in data and profiles. You have a certain inner control over your personal identity.
Digital identity is the collection of data and accounts with which systems and organisations recognise you online: usernames, passwords, profiles, logins, behavioural data, and linked attributes such as diplomas and addresses. Your digital identity is formed by organisations that register, link, and interpret data.
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