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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Steven Bellovin: Comments on the National Strategy
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Steven Bellovin: Comments on the National Strategy
for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
http://bit.ly/gRs9tC (SMBlog - 11 July 2010)
"However, I fear it will be a large effort that will do little, and
will pose a threat to our privacy."
- - -
Lauren's addendum:
By the way, a Congressional staffer who contacts me on privacy issues
from time to time, sent me a note a few days ago regarding NSTIC. He
said "his boss" is all excited about the NSTIC initiative, because he
hopes it will finally give Congress a way to impose age-based access
controls (my term: "censorship") on Web sites. The theory:
NSTIC-based credentials would provide a way to verify the age of
users, and pressure on sites would quickly lead to their requiring
NSTIC authentication. (Remember, NSTIC proponents claim the
*government* won't require NSTIC credentials, but any given Web site
could!)
More on this later.
Ref: Obama's "Trusted Internet ID" Scheme Announcements: Reading
Between the Lines ( http://bit.ly/hW9w5y [Google Buzz] )
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com)
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