Economics of Identity Theft Avoidance, Causes and Possible Cures
Today, identity is more than anything, economic. The technology used to create, utilize and protect identities is increasingly ill-matched to the economics and uses of identities. Identity theft is the misuse of private authenticating information to steal money. Protecting identity requires privacy....
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Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
2007, 2007
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2007 |
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Identity in Economics, and in Context
- Modern Technological and Traditional Social Identities
- Identity Theft
- Who Owns You?
- Defeating the Greatest Masquerade
- Secrecy, Privacy, Identity
- Security and Privacy as Market Failures
- Trusting Code and Trusting Hardware
- Technologies of Identity
- Anonymous Identifiers
- Digital Signatures
- Strengths and Weaknesses of Biometrics
- Reputation
- Scenario I: Your Credentials Please
- Scenario II: Universal National Identifier
- Scenario III: Sets of attributes
- Scenario IV: Ubiquitous Identity Theft
- Closing