Part 3 - Digital Identity Era: The Near Future

This part examines emerging trends in identity management. Chapter 9 introduces Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), highlighting its benefits for privacy, data security, user control, data portability, interoperability, decentralization, and efficiency. Chapter 10 discusses the importance of privacy by design in SSI, covering frameworks, user-centric controls, security best practices, and threat mitigation. Chapter 11 explores the relationship between Distributed Identifiers (DIDs) and SSI, focusing on how DIDs enable verifiable credentials and enhance privacy and security. Chapter 12 reviews protocols and standards for DIDs, including DID documents, methods, and verifiable credentials. Chapter 13 covers DID authentication methods such as LDAP, Kerberos, OAuth2, OIDC, and SAML. Chapter 14 addresses identity verification, emphasizing the extensive use of facial recognition, the fight against identity theft, and the advantages of digital identities...