Establishing a National Digital Identity

Department of Computer Science, Faculty, Media, News Media

With Singapore pushing forward with its Smart Nation Initiatives, Associate Professor Terence Sim shared that having personal details online could risk identity theft. He recommends having larger penalties for the digital crime and more legislation on what constitute as identity theft. Dr Sim also added that while technology brings greater convenience to our lives, he feels that digitisation will bring about even more benefits in the future.

Channel 5 News, 11 March 2018
Channel News Asia, 11 March 2018

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