Identity

It was asked from us, to create a device/product and a service which would enable the user to promote his identity, bearing in mind all security issues in relation to his personal information.

First step on this project is to find out what is "Identity"?

Identity

1.the fact of being who or what a person or thing is: she knew the identity of the bomber

2.a close similarity or feeling of understanding.

(Oxford English Dictionary)

People are the best example for an identity portrait, from their personal details, name, age, gender, finger print, etc, to physical appearance, what we wear, what we carry with us (mobile, laptop, mp3 player, books, toiletries, etc), this is all that defines our identity.

But there is another level of Identity, it is our behaviour, how we communicate, how we act and react to the people and world around us.

Now, in our digital era, there are a lot of online applications which allow us not only to share, but to promote our own Idenity, like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Hi5, etc. All these web applications allow us to share our personal information on a secure way. You are first asked to register for the service and then, set your security details. Once you register and start using the app you are able to decide how much information you actually want to share with the people who are on your network and other which are not, this is called privacy preferences.