USPS To Provide Personal Identity Certification

Zentalon writes "The United States Postal Service has announced that it will provide In-Person Proofing (pdf) to physically authenticate individuals before a digital signature certificate is issued to that person. This has a bunch of interesting ramifications; for instance, I could create a simple spam filter that only accepts mail from individuals and organizations that have an authenticated certificate. It could also allow for more secure financial transactions. Anyone know if any other national postal services are planning the same thing?" Funny, they don't seem to always know where to deliver so-called first-class mail ...

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Re:Illegals ID themselves for jobs, so can this wo

[willtsmith]

We aren't requiring "better documents" because illegal immigrants drive down US wages. Corporations like lower wages because CEOs and other executives have a bigger pot of money to steal from. Our legislators don't care because these CEOs and other executives pay the bulk of their campaign funds (as well as "investigative trips" (vacation bribes) ). The CEOs and other executives OF COURSE tell them that undocumented illegalal aliens are a "GOOD" thing for Americans.

Ralph Nader and Ross Perot were right. They do seem somewhat mad on the surface but their predictions become reality.

After 9-11, you would expect that the Bush administration and their "homeland security" department would fight illegal, undocumented immigration. Nope, they could give a shit less. The "Homeland Security" department is just a sham excuse for consolidating government agencies more closely under the thumb of the president and abolishing protections for career civil servants.

Secure National "Smart Cards" would be a great way to:

* Secure our financial infrastructure and prevent identity theft and credit fraud.
* Allow the easy identification and deportation of illegal immigrants
* Increase our level of security, hence reducing the need for foreign "pre-emptive" military action.

So of course, neither Republicans nor Democrats would be in favor of it. Follow the money, I gauruntee that it doesn't trail back to ordinary Joe Americans.