Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans

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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.

Comments

[salienne]

I just read through this twice and still have no idea what it means.

ontd_p, help?

[erunamiryene]

I'm kind of in a "not sure if want" frame of mind about this.

[uluviel]

Someone needs to remind the US that they're not the only ones on the internet and such a system would be ultimately pointless because there'd be so many people outside of it.

[haruhiko]

Yes, the headline is sensationalist. Still doesn't change the fact that these proposed ideas are unnecessary and bullshit and leave too many doors wide open for future exploitation.

I also love the "we need the private sector to lead the implementation of this" comment. Yes, let's leave this to the corporations. 8D

[simply_blah]

You know, people who have authenticators still get hacked.