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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Camp, L. Jean
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
Subjects:
Computer Communication Networks
Economics
Business
Management Science
Cryptography
Business And Management
Computer Networks 
Biometrics
Data Protection
Data Encryption (computer Science)
Cryptology
Data And Information Security
Biometric Identification
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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

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