The market for smart cities is expected to be around $1.2 trillion by 2022. The U.N. predicts that by 2050, 66 percent of us will live in smart cities. Smart devices like digital assistants and IoT home controls are giving smart a bad name in terms of privacy. These devices are built around identity data and our concerns about the misuse of these data are not unwarranted. But, using smart devices doesnt have to result in losing our identity; they could even be used to augment it. Smart identity will move out of our homes, into our cars, and onwards through the city walls.”]
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