President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today.
It's "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said.
It's NOT a national ID card. NOT. NOT. NOT.
"We are not talking about a national ID card," Locke said at the Stanford event. "We are not talking about a government-controlled system. What we are talking about is enhancing online security and privacy and reducing and perhaps even eliminating the need to memorize a dozen passwords, through creation and use of more trusted digital identities."
Trust meeee
Details about the "trusted identity" project are unusually scarce. Last year's announcement referenced a possible forthcoming smart card or digital certificate that would prove that online users are who they say they are. These digital IDs would be offered to consumers by online vendors for financial transactions.
Schmidt stressed today that anonymity and pseudonymity will remain possible on the Internet. "I don't have to get a credential if I don't want to," he said. There's no chance that "a centralized database will emerge," and "we need the private sector to lead the implementation of this," he said.
my precious...
Via Drudge.
What can I say? I have trust issues. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, and this snippet:
ReplyDelete"The Commerce Department will be setting up a national program office to work on this project, Locke said."
More federal workers. Another ineffective bureaucracy. More millions. Yay!
One thing about it being another ineffective government bureaucracy: hell will probably freeze over before they accomplish it.
ReplyDeleteI think this is the more appropriate spot for this comment by "Fantum"
ReplyDeleteCorrupt Government Morons:
The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You corrupt morons have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke.
Social Security was established in 1935. You corrupt morons have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.
Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You corrupt morons have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke.
The War on Poverty started in 1964. You corrupt morons have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You corrupt morons have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.
Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You corrupt morons have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.
The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You corrupt morons had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
You corrupt morons have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars.
AND NOW YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM?