"Digital identity encompasses various aspects of an individual's identity that are presented and verified through either the internet or in person. This could mean a digital credential issued by a certification body or a mobile driver's license provisioned to someone's mobile wallet. They can be presented in plain text on a device, as a scannable QR code, or through tapping your device to something called a Near Field Communication (NFC) reader."
"the of an ID-this is normally a government entity, like the state Departments of Motor Vehicles in the U.S, or a banking system ; and the of an ID-the entity that wants to confirm your identity, such as law enforcement, a university, a government benefits office, a porn site, or an online retailer. This triangle implies that the issuer and verifier-for example, the government who provides the ID and the website checking your age-never need to talk to one another."
Governments worldwide have rolled out diverse digital identification options while regulators and industry encourage online companies to implement identity and age verification using digital ID. Digital identity includes credentials issued by certification bodies or mobile driver's licenses stored in mobile wallets. Credentials are commonly presented as plain text, scannable QR codes, or via Near Field Communication (NFC) taps, though more privacy-preserving methods exist. Advocates describe a 'Triangle of Trust' among users, issuers (for example state departments of motor vehicles or banks), and verifiers (such as law enforcement, universities, benefits offices, porn sites, or online retailers). The model prevents direct issuer-verifier communication to reduce tracking, avoiding IDs 'phoning home' during verification.
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