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Ha....YA THINK?????
Get a load of this BS. But don't worry, it's not about a national ID card or a government-controlled system....no....no...it's just for your SECURITY and PROTECTION. Don't worry. Big Brother is out there making sure he's protecting you from all the big bad boogie men on the Internets.
Never mind we have to have an internet I.D. but NOT to vote! .....G.D. A-HOLES!!!
Kind like a rehash of Clinton’s clipper chip ! DOA !
Query... Which one of the current crop of Republican presidential candidates would put a full and complete stop to this his first day in office and which ones would continue on with it???
I’m looking forward to getting my very own bar code!
Anybody notice the date of the story? (and the CNET original) - a year ago. Weird.
Come and get me coppers!
Have they never heard of hackers?
What a bunch of nonsense.
This article is from over a year ago (January 8, 2011). Anyone know if legislation was ever drafted?
And it shouldn’t be in breaking news.
...so they want to watch our every activity on the web but not who votes in our elections?
I downloaded and read the original proposals. If one does not have a government-issued identity, one will not be allowed on the internet. The ID will be inprinted in a USB drive which must be inserted into the computer to allow it to get past government servers, which will track all traffic.
Ok, who is going to host the FR BBS at their house when this passes? I’ll chip in my old 9600 baud modem.
Wonder if Big Bro and the US Congress will decree that our Internet ID numbers be tattooed on our wrists??? From birth on???
"We are not talking about a national ID card. We are not talking about a government-controlled system. What we are talking about is [ahem] 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."Indeed. "We're from the government, and we're going to help."
Back in April, it was mentioned as an "opt-in", because "We must do more to help consumers protect themselves."
Charges...Indictment....Trial...Electrocution in olde Sparky....The only solution to this maniacal traitor!
internet id = power to tax = power to destroy.
internet id = power to tax = power to destroy.
Exactly. These people say it’s too onerous — and therefore disenfranchising! — to require people to get a picture ID to vote, but now they expect me to go through God-knows-what process to obtain a permit so that I can check my email. These people are real dicks.