1. E-IDENTITY: RESPONSIBILITY OR COMMODITY? Dina Crnec Anita Salopek Ph.D. Sanja Seljan, assistant professor Ph.D. Hrvoje Stančić, assistant professor Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

2. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION E-ID: FINANCES EDUCATION FUN CONCLUSION

3. INTRODUCTION IDENTITY  created out of attributes that differentiate each individual from others a subset of characteristics that identify a person request for e-id in every sphere of e-life (finances, education, fun etc.)

4. INTRODUCTION digital identities: encrypted (passwords) virtual personal (forums, chats, blogs, etc.) when will users hide / disclose themselves? real vs. digital identity / e-id online vs. offline existence

5. E-ID: E-BANKING TOKEN  protection of electronic identity main problems on the Internet: safety (security, privacy) convenience

6. E-ID: E-BANKING “the identity theft and fraud is the nation's fastest growing crime (…) and a big business too” thus showing the necessity for protection of e-identities Arcot (2007)

7. E-ID: EDUCATION AAI@EduHr (infrastructure enabling unique authenticity and authorization) CARNet (Croatian Academic Research Network) services EduRoam (using the same computer during visit in European universities) CMU (CARNet Modem Access)

8. E-ID: EDUCATION cheap system used only by students, professors and members of CARNet CARNet's e-identity enables: Internet access e-mail address CARNet online courses

9. E-ID: EDUCATION account on public server (anonymous or group accounts not allowed) extra services (ftp, web site) personal info is public and can be changed by the user on user's demand information can be removed (losing the possibility of using services of AAI@EduHr system)

10. E-ID & PSEUDONYMS people can freely redefine themselves on the Internet as they wish in cyberspace nobody knows you're a dog PSEUDONYM  allows hiding identities online yet lets users build a reputation with a username

11. E-ID & PSEUDONYMS often case: more than one e-id per user (eBay, escaping consequences of negative reputation) reputation online  prestige? VIRTUAL WORLD  escape from problems of real life?

12. E-ID & PSEUDONYMS PROBLEMS: deception misrepresentation question of trustworthiness and reliability of data fraud and stealing identities disturbance of privacy law protection

13. STEALING & ABUSE prevention: regular updating being suspicious to sending account numbers keeping passwords hidden ignoring suspicious Internet links checking credit cards’ status

14. STEALING & ABUSE identity theft: financial (obtaining goods and services) criminal (e.g. terrorism and espionage) business (using someone else's business name to obtain credits) Identity cloning (using someone else's information to assume his identity in real life)

15. E-ID: WEB SERVICES INTERACTION (online chats, forums, multi-player online games, virtual communities, Wikis, e-mails, MUDs) INTERMEDIATION (digital marketplaces, online social networks)

16. E-ID: WEB SERVICES concept of “online masks”: reputation online and popularity selling e-identities  who is the real owner? * www.facebook.com/ www.worldofwarcraft.com/ www.ebay.com/

17. * www.britishcouncil.org/ru/

18. E-ID: WEB SERVICES E-ID  echo of true self? revealing personally identifiable information change of characters’ attributes online experiences vs. offline emotions addiction  validity of online relations?

19. E-ID RESEARCH pilot study on reliability of e-identities: conducted on the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb 30 students AIM  raise awareness on: potential problems of e-identities more responsible management of e-identities

20. E-ID RESEARCH RESULTS: 90% has a virtual identity  great involvement of students with the electronic environment use on a regular basis dangers of giving or selling an id self-definition behaviour online MORE 

21. E-ID RESEARCH Most common use of a virtual identity?

22. E-ID RESEARCH Main disadvantages of virtual identities?

23. E-ID RESEARCH Main difference between your virtual and real identity?

24. CONCLUSION importance of e-identities and issues related to them (from pseudonimity to fraud) role of a virtual life in the real one  should there be a difference? why do we hide behind masks? what’s up next after virtual lives?