Posted on 06/25/2023 7:41:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) recent unveiling of a $1.7 million initiative to foster the development of digital wallets will raise eyebrows among privacy advocates. While DHS’s Science & Technology Directorate ostensibly presents this as the “Privacy Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers” SVIP Topic Call, the devil will be in the details.
The plan is to use the system for “travel, immigration and citizenship status, employment, residency status and more.”
A look at the DHS’s announcement shows a particular emphasis on wallets that are compatible with World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Verifiable Credential Data Model (VCDM) and W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DID) standards. On the surface, this may appear as a step toward standardization. However, this type of centralization could create a monoculture that will also speed up the move towards centralized digital IDs – which could be the entire plan.
Moreover, while the DHS claims to prioritize the portability and interoperability of these wallets, the question of who will wield the power and control over these centralized standards remains open to debate. The shadow of governmental overreach looms large, especially in an era where data is often considered more valuable than gold.
Melissa Oh, SVIP managing director, has lauded the initiative, stating, “Preserving the privacy of individuals as they use digital wallets to store their credentials is deeply important in ensuring the secure, confidential nature of their digital interactions in an increasingly interconnected world.”
But critics will retort that such platitudes do not adequately address the complex challenges of preserving privacy in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
DHS Chief Privacy Officer Mason Clutter’s remark that this investment is in the “building blocks” for privacy-preserving digital credentials, and portrays the department’s commitment to privacy as exemplary, raises questions.
(Excerpt) Read more at infowars.com ...
Getting ready for the Mark of the Beast.
We used to enjoy FR without ads. Now we have ads. Thanks a lot.
Can you make them flash and spin around, too?
Because you are a White Supremacist and the government needs to keep tabs on you so they find you when it is time to herd you into the “FEMA” camps.
“Your peppas please. Show me your peppas”. Good old fascist Nazism coming back in style under the guise of “american democrazy”.
Not applicable to invaders. Citizens only?
I didn’t do it on purpose. I still don’t see it because I use Brave. Have the moderator remove the post, Karen, you whiny little twit.
“the government needs to keep tabs on you”
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The bigger the government gets, the smaller the people become.
(Getting ready for the Mark of the Beast)
Indeed. It shall come eventually.
Revelation 13:16-18
King James Version
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
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Revelation 14:9-12
King James Version
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+13%3A16-18%3B+14%3A9-12&version=KJV
The first ads I’ve seen on FR is close to 20 years and you call ME names? You are pathetic. Do a better job of previewing your posts. And please try harder to not be a jerk.
Have the post removed, Karen, and stop your pathetic whining.
Yeah I see the ads too. Brave sounds good.
Nonetheless keep the good content coming.
It wasn’t on purpose. I did a view selection source and edited in notepad to remove the ads. Evidently I missed one.
I don’t need DHS to monitor my travel without the US. Period
It ain’t about you. It’s about them and their total control over everybody and everything because they are our betters.
“Your papers please” will be the end of our freedom.
And I still won’t comply
Then they will cancel all your financial accounts.
It’s how it’s done.
It is not what you think you need, peasant. It is what WE want.
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