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The US DoD and the GSA Join the Liberty Project

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-add-repression dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Liberty Alliance Project announced today that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) have joined the Liberty Alliance in its pursuit to develop open and interoperable standards for electronically managing identity information."

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  1. The problem with universal standards by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The instant someone finds a security hole in this authentication system, everyone is vulnerable.

    The opportunity for fraud in a universal system like this is just waiting to be exploited.

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    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
  2. Umm, is this a Good Thing? by offpath3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I just watched the flash demo on their website. Their demo was all about being able to link up your data on various websites. Their example was linking your airlines account to a rental car account. This really just sounds like improved data mining couched in convenience to the consumer.

  3. Government is getting a clue by jonsmirl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm glad to see the US government supporting an industry consortimum instead of endoring the single vendor solution from Microsoft (Passport). I hope MS' stock gets knocked down on Monday.

  4. It could be MUCH worse by Xtifr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To all the people who are freaking out about this "evil" technology, please keep in mind, the Liberty Alliance is developing an OPEN alternative to Microsoft's own "Passport" system. So, the gummit getting behind Liberty Alliance is a Good Thing(tm), relatively speaking. They could be getting behind Passport instead. And then, instead of just needing to have your Liberty Alliance ID tatooed on your forehead, you would have to have your MS-Passport ID tatooed on your forehead, and you would be legally forbidden to run anything but MS-Winders, since only MS-Winders would come with the proper drivers to scan and process the information tatooed on your forehead.