Obama Administration Reportedly Plans to Create Internet ID for All Americans

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Yeah, less freedom and more and bigger government. The party of the people, is now the party of controlling the people's every move...

President Obama is putting plans in motion to give the Commerce Department authority to create an Internet ID for all Americans, a White House official told CNET.com.

White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt told the website it is "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet.

The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is currently being drafted by the Obama administration and will be released by the president in a few months.

"We are not talking about a national ID card. 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," Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said at an event Friday at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, according to CNET.com.

Locke added that the Commerce Department will be setting up a national program office to work on this project.

The move has raised eyebrows about privacy issues.

"The government cannot create that identity infrastructure," Jim Dempsey of the Center for Democracy and Technology told the website. "If I tried to, I wouldn't be trusted."

Schmidt stresses that anonymity will remain on the Internet, saying there's no chance that "a centralized database will emerge."

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Good! So tired of having to remember a dozen passwords and usernames due to different requirements..."You mus have at least 6 letters and one number in this password"...Freaking rediculous.
 

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Good! So tired of having to remember a dozen passwords and usernames due to different requirements..."You mus have at least 6 letters and one number in this password"...Freaking rediculous.

Exactly! Instead of the possibility that the government may or may not peek into your affairs on the internet regularly, you grant them full authority to do so, as well as keep track of where and when you are on the internet. Perfectly logical to volunteer that information readily instead.

Unless there was satire in your comment. I sure couldn't read it anyways.
 

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Good! So tired of having to remember a dozen passwords and usernames due to different requirements..."You mus have at least 6 letters and one number in this password"...Freaking rediculous.

So are you saying you need the government to help you with your usernames and passwords?

I hope you are kidding.
 

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Sounds like an underhanded way to track potential enemies of the state like military veterans, gun guys, tax protesters, etc...

They'll find some way to spin it so the sheep will not just accept it but insist on it.
 

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Exactly! Instead of the possibility that the government may or may not peek into your affairs on the internet regularly, you grant them full authority to do so, as well as keep track of where and when you are on the internet. Perfectly logical to volunteer that information readily instead.

Unless there was satire in your comment. I sure couldn't read it anyways.

They already do this more than you would believe.
 

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Sounds like an underhanded way to track potential enemies of the state like military veterans, gun guys, tax protesters, etc...They'll find some way to spin it so the sheep will not just accept it but insist on it.

What other reason would they have. I'm sure it will all be for our security as well.
 

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