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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: TechMan on January 12, 2011, 10:08:20 AM
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/us_commerce_department_in_charge_of_national_inter.php (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/us_commerce_department_in_charge_of_national_inter.php)
You can eventually sign up for a national cyber id. Would you? I think that it would offer a one stop shop for hackers to steal your online ID but that may be just my imagination.
Here are the few facts on the program that are available.
1. The government will enable the creation of verified identities
2. The government will create an "Identity Ecosystem"
3. Getting a verified identity will be elective
4. Verizon, Google, PayPal, Symantec and AT&T support the program
5. A user would be able to use one login to sign in to all of their sites
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If Wikileaks could get all of those classified documents so easily imagine what a hacker could do with this data base.
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I don't like it.
Verizon, Google, PayPal, Symantec and AT&T support the program
Oh, you mean the same companies who, without even demanding to see a warrant,would gladly hand over any and all info they have on me to the government? Yeah, that makes me warm and fuzzy.
Getting a verified identity will be elective
Bullshit..."elective" is synonymous with "mandatory" to the fed .gov...
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Who does it really "protect," who does it really serve?
I think we know the answer to that. It's not about empowering the individual in cyberspace, it's about control.
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The system may end up being "elective", but expect them to begin requiring businesses to only do business with secure ID users. There's always a way to make "elective" into "mandatory". You've already got Big Internet in support of the program. We should really ask oursleves, why? I'd assume, immediately, that Big Internet (C) jamisjockey 2011 has some kind of monetary reason to support it. They expect to gain from it, and I would bet my bottom dollar that they will stop doing business or allowing free access to services with untrusted users.
"Elective" my ass.
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Only good news is Commerce is running it. Of all the government agencies that might get tasked with this, I trust them the most. NSA, they make very good and secure products. But trusting them? Eh, after Stellar Winds, no thanks. DHS? They have neither the competence nor trust.
I'll wait and see. I don't see this getting off the ground. OpenID is floundering, sorta, and they are a lot more trustworthy.
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Dude, I already have a CAC card for the DOD. Wow. If you want cyber-anything to work, let's leave the gov't out of it. This thing comes out, first thing I do is spend how much ever I need to to get a fake one. Never had a fake ID in my life, but then again I don't need an ID to do damn near anything right now unless you count stupid Navy stuff.
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Getting a verified identity will be elective
Bullshit..."elective" is synonymous with "mandatory" to the fed .gov...
It will be "elective" if you want to "elect" to be a customer of Verizon/ATT/Google/PayPal/Symantec. ;/
They'll implement it via corporate fiat. You won't be able to use the internet without it.
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They'll implement it via corporate fiat. You won't be able to use the internet without it.
The internet...you know, it's been so free and wild and anonymous that it NEEDS to be regulated... ;/
The government has been wanting to strangle the freedom the internet represents for a while now. Looks like they've finally come up with a good plan to stifle that.
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No thanks.
I do not want one login for all sites I visit. There is no way I'll ever do business with a bank or online brokerage that forces me to use the same login credentials as my youtube account.
I don't even use the same credentials for both my bank and brokerage.
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unless you count stupid Navy stuff.
Is the Stupid Navy anything like the Salvation Army?
:P