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.
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FUBO
Ping.
he is afraid. very afraid.
Why not ID evryone who reads a newspaper, watches news on TV or listens to the radio while they're at it.
So they will keep track of who buys what as well as who says what?!?!? Don’t suppose anyone cares to ask if this is constitutional?!?!?!
What if we sneak onto the internet from Mexico?
I wonder why all the crazy, 60s hippy libs aren’t “outraged” over their boy going Big Brother on them. I never thought the 60s crowd would ever bend over and drop its drawers for Big Brother. I thought they would scream louder than the conservatives. I was wrong bigtime.
We’re still trying to ID him!
“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.”
Riiiight. ... from the clown who won’t release his BC nor any other records. What a maroon. Stick this idea where the sun don’t shine.
This guy needs to bug out of our business in a very big way.
Hell. No.
The next growth industry will be offshore VPN accounts.
This is so bad, I had to check to see if it was satire.
It isn’t....
How about putting a bar code tattooed to my azz and I will be happy to drop trough to the government employees so they can scan it.
Why not ID everyone who reads a newspaper, watches news on TV or listens to the radio while they’re at it.
Sheep don’t need ID
Probably unconstitutional. let’s start with: what safeguards will ensure that the Gov will not track what political sites you visit, books you read etc?
How about putting a bar code tattooed to my azz and I will be happy to drop trough to the government employees so they can scan it.
Not to worry, that is next .
Hey Obama, i got you ID right here (gesticulating to his favorite part of the male anatomy).
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