Digital Identity

What is a digital identity?

• An individual's avatar.

• The body of information about an individual, organization, or electronic device that exists online.

• An individual's user names, passwords, and IP address.

• All of the above

How are individuals or their devices connected?

• With skill testing questions

• With their avatars or profile pictures

• With unique identifiers and use patterns

• With sound icons

What is shadow data?

• The collective body of data that is automatically generated and recorded as we go about our lives

• Rare or hard to find information

• Secret or undercover information that is known only by a few people

• The shadow of my data that is cast by the sun.

Check all that apply. Examples of data points that can help form a digital identity include:

• Username and password

• Date of birth

• Online search activities, such as electronic transactions

• The secret your friend told you in the hall on the way to class

What is a pseudonymous profile?

• A fake identity

• A profile with a strange name

• A collection of information about a particular computer user that identifies the user

• A collection of information about an individual user that identifies a computer

Check all that apply. What is an IP address?

• A 32-bit number

• Username and password

• Identifies the sender or receiver of web-based information

• Date of birth

What is a digital footprint?

• Your personal history

• Your fingerprint.

• A trail of data you create while using the Internet.

• A digital image of your footprint.

A passive digital footprint is a data trail you ________________ leave online

An active digital footprint includes data that you ____________ submit online

Why is it wise to consider what trail of data you are leaving behind?