Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Correspondence
  • Published:

Not yet another digital identity

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. European Commission. 2030 Digital Compass: the European Way for the Digital Decade. eur-lex.europa.eu, https://go.nature.com/3vU7l90 (2021).

  2. European Commission. Commission proposes a trusted and secure Digital Identity for all Europeans. ec.europa.eu, https://go.nature.com/3mp9Eh5 (2021).

  3. Rieger, A., Roth, T., Sedlmeir, J. & Fridgen, G. Med 2, 633–634 (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Sedlmeir, J., Smethurst, R., Rieger, A. & Fridgen, G. Bus. Inf. Syst. Eng. 63, 603–613 (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Muth, M. Nutzlos, unsicher und schon wieder kaput. Sueddeutsche Zeitung, https://go.nature.com/3CtLFmm (29 September 2021)

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Alexander Rieger.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

A.R., T.R., L.W. and G.F. are supported by PayPal and the Luxembourg National Research Fund FNR (P17/IS/13342933/PayPal-FNR/Chair in DFS/Gilbert Fridgen). PayPal’s financial support is administered via the FNR, and by contractual agreement, PayPal has no involvement in A.R., T.R., L.W. and G.F.’s research. J.S. declares no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Rieger, A., Roth, T., Sedlmeir, J. et al. Not yet another digital identity. Nat Hum Behav 6, 3 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01243-0

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01243-0

This article is cited by

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing