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Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans
CBS News | CNet ^ | 1/7/10 | Declan McCullagh

Posted on 01/07/2011 8:57:35 PM PST by LibWhacker

STANFORD, Calif. - 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.

That news, first reported by CNET, effectively pushes the department to the forefront of the issue, beating out other potential candidates including the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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To: T Minus Four; Vendome; greyfoxx39; Colofornian; aMorePerfectUnion; Tennessee Nana; Godzilla

New candidate for “Mark of the Beast” ping.

This is going to get some airplay from the usual suspects (Hal Lindsey)


121 posted on 01/08/2011 12:10:47 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: LibWhacker

I already have mine, Number 6


122 posted on 01/08/2011 12:16:55 AM PST by Lockbox (`)
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To: 21twelve

That was my first thought as well. I thought I might be a bit paranoid as I have been doing some research in eschatology for a book project.

Glad to know I’m not the only one.


123 posted on 01/08/2011 12:19:17 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: Inyo-Mono

because those are controlled whereas the content on the internet is not. there are far too many ways for information to leak out anonymously for their liking


124 posted on 01/08/2011 12:22:07 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: LibWhacker

We’ll bend over and take it. Like we’ve been doing for over 50 years.


125 posted on 01/08/2011 12:23:35 AM PST by wastedyears (It has nothing to do with safety, and everything to do with control.)
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To: toddausauras
Talk about unecessary bullcrap.

He doesn't have the legal means or the authority to do it.

126 posted on 01/08/2011 12:35:04 AM PST by Red Steel
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To: reaganaut

It’s coming.


127 posted on 01/08/2011 12:35:57 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: livius

“.....For what? Ridiculing Obama?.....”

No....disagreeing with him.


128 posted on 01/08/2011 12:38:51 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: steveab
After reading the article, It seems to me the decision to have a “Internet ID” has already been made. The choice of which agency to handle the “ID” is how the question.

Well, If they just turn it over to the Civil Defense Force, then everything (and everybody)will just naturally fall into place...

132 posted on 01/08/2011 1:13:59 AM PST by FDNYRHEROES (In just His first 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
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To: Red Steel

True. But that he wants to. When will people like my parents wake up and realize he is evil? It’s like Hitler, everybody’s under his spell.


134 posted on 01/08/2011 1:22:54 AM PST by toddausauras
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To: F15Eagle
Yes, your IP address locates who you are (for all intents and purposes). If you are on dialup, you are routed through one of several modems; your dial-up provider will have a bank of modem and each session is logged.

An IP is not tied to an individual. With dialup, you'll likely be assigned a different IP (from a pool of them) each call. Activity is logged, but it takes a little digging to match your login/activity to a specific IP during the specific time period.

With this new setup, you will be assigned your own identity which will follow your every move on the Internet. This makes things much easier and quicker for the Feds if they want to track/tax you.

135 posted on 01/08/2011 1:29:32 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: skr
We’re still trying to ID him!

Needs repeating and loudly!!

136 posted on 01/08/2011 1:31:37 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (It is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; ~Vattel's Law of Nations)
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To: eaglesiniowa
Hey Obama, i got you ID right here (gesticulating to his favorite part of the male anatomy).

Dude, watch out -- he'll go for it.

138 posted on 01/08/2011 1:43:57 AM PST by lentulusgracchus (Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
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To: pillut48

Yes, but that information is localized, and some ISPs have fought to release the info. It’s also a lot of work...this digital ID would make it a matter of seconds before the feds knew who and where you were.


140 posted on 01/08/2011 1:55:27 AM PST by scott7278 ( "...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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