Identity gets a remake for the digital age

06 March 2022 - 00:00 By ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK

Identity isn’t what it used to be. Not only do we have different versions of our identities for different contexts — think ID document, passport and driver’s licence numbers all being different and multiply that by numerous online user names — but we also now enter the metaverse world of avatars and new “skins”. ..

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