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[ PRIVACY Forum ] "Uncle Sam Wants You to Have an Online ID"
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Sat Jul 3 13:56:20 2010
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"Uncle Sam Wants You to Have an Online ID"
http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03805.html
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http://bit.ly/9tnHhN (Fox Business)
The piece linked above pretty much presents a gung-ho support of the
awful online identity proposal, and notes compliance would likely need
to be legislated by Congress. (See "Why the New Federal 'Trusted
Internet Identity' Proposal is Such a Very Bad Idea"
( http://bit.ly/9j4X0w [Lauren's Blog] ) for background on the proposal.
But what's particularly interesting are the reader comments. At this
point, none are clearly positive, and virtually all are negative
toward the concept to one extent or another, in ways ranging from
logical to wacky. This mirrors most comments on the proposal on
forums around the Net -- there appears to be overwhelming resistance
to a government-involved universal Internet ID, despite claims of
wonderful technological protections that would be provided in its
design and deployment.
I should add that the proposal plays directly into the hands of the
more "fringy" New World Order conspiracy fans, and provides political
fodder for Big Telecom's "the feds are going to take over the
Internet" Big Lie campaign against Net Neutrality.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
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