US Government Begins Rollout Of Its 'Driver's License For The Internet'
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A few years back, the White House had a brilliant idea: Why not create a single, secure online ID that Americans could use to verify their identity across multiple websites, starting with local government services. The New York Times described it at the time as a "driver's license for the internet." Sound convenient? It is. Sound scary? It is. Next month, a pilot program of the "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" will begin in government agencies in two US states, to test out whether the pros of a federally verified cyber ID outweigh the cons.
Terrifying more like.
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A few years back, the White House had a brilliant idea: Why not create a single, secure online ID that Americans could use to verify their identity across multiple websites, starting with local government services. The New York Times described it at the time as a "driver's license for the internet." Sound convenient? It is. Sound scary? It is. Next month, a pilot program of the "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" will begin in government agencies in two US states, to test out whether the pros of a federally verified cyber ID outweigh the cons.
Terrifying more like.
*gulp*
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A few years back, the White House had a brilliant idea: Why not create a single, secure online ID that Americans could use to verify their identity across multiple websites, starting with local government services. The New York Times described it at the time as a "driver's license for the internet." Sound convenient? It is. Sound scary? It is. Next month, a pilot program of the "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" will begin in government agencies in two US states, to test out whether the pros of a federally verified cyber ID outweigh the cons.
Terrifying more like.
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One, it would just make it easier to track you. Two, it would be another case of steal one ID to steal all of your goverment info. Talk about Identity theft. I think using a Single id like using facebook, etc.. to log into several places is a bad idea.
ledtech3 wrote:
a Single id like using facebook, etc.. to log into several places is a bad idea.
Indeed. A very bad idea -- all eggs/one basket bad. I was looking at a classroom volunteer program called TEALS this weekend. It sounded good, but apparently the only way to log in is with an ID from a "social site" -- and Homey don't play dat.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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ledtech3 wrote:
a Single id like using facebook, etc.. to log into several places is a bad idea.
Indeed. A very bad idea -- all eggs/one basket bad. I was looking at a classroom volunteer program called TEALS this weekend. It sounded good, but apparently the only way to log in is with an ID from a "social site" -- and Homey don't play dat.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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A few years back, the White House had a brilliant idea: Why not create a single, secure online ID that Americans could use to verify their identity across multiple websites, starting with local government services. The New York Times described it at the time as a "driver's license for the internet." Sound convenient? It is. Sound scary? It is. Next month, a pilot program of the "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" will begin in government agencies in two US states, to test out whether the pros of a federally verified cyber ID outweigh the cons.
Terrifying more like.
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ledtech3 wrote:
a Single id like using facebook, etc.. to log into several places is a bad idea.
Indeed. A very bad idea -- all eggs/one basket bad. I was looking at a classroom volunteer program called TEALS this weekend. It sounded good, but apparently the only way to log in is with an ID from a "social site" -- and Homey don't play dat.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
I've complained to Classmates.com about the stupid Facebook login keep poping up even though I don't need it to log in with. I use different login info.
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One, it would just make it easier to track you. Two, it would be another case of steal one ID to steal all of your goverment info. Talk about Identity theft. I think using a Single id like using facebook, etc.. to log into several places is a bad idea.