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Craig Mundie Wants "Internet Driver's Licenses"
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Craig Mundie, Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, called for the creation of an 'Internet Driver's License' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying, 'If you want to drive a car you have to have a license to say that you are capable of driving a car, the car has to pass a test to say it is fit to drive and you have to have insurance.' Of course, there are quite a few problems with this. For starters, internet use cannot yet cause death or dismemberment like car accidents can; and this would get rid of most of the good of internet anonymity while retaining all of the bad parts, especially in terms of expanding the market for stolen identities. Even though telephone networks have long been used by scammers and spammers/telemarketers, we've never needed a 'Telephone Driver's License.'"
will they take away your license?
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
Now I can tell someone they fail at the internet!
that MS is just inviting crazy homeless people to come in and run their operations.
On a thread that so richly deserves it. Here. Without undue prejudice:
HITLER!
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"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
we've never needed a 'Telephone Driver's License
Probably because you don't drive a telephone.
... and then they built the supercollider.
I agree. Posting a link to a third-hand source should get you a demerit on your internet licence.
So if this is the future...where's my jet pack?
I'm NO fan of Microsoft (which I hold responsible for a lot of the malware problems on the 'Net), nor am I a big fan of PKI (I think the implementations are way to fragile), but I think there might be a worthy idea in here.
Drivers Licenses have two uses:
1. Certification of driving skills
2. A nationally recognized identity
Consider this for use #2...
So what if the government issued an "Internet ID Card", with PKI Certs, etc, that would be used to secure email, transactions, etc? This is by no means a panacea, but as a factor in 2-factor ID, it might well cut down on some forms of malware.
Yes, there -are- civil liberty implications. But we always have the tension between known identity and guaranteed privacy.
So as a form of tougher ID on the Internet, I think this deserves to be taken seriously, and the plusses and minuses (as established here...) should be debated.
I just had a packet collision!
"Personal ownership is a hallmark of conservative capitalism. And I don't believe I am entitled to anything that I did n
In other words, Windows doesn't suck - The users do.
The drivers license analogy is being used to shift some of the blame from the OS to its users.
"If the steering wheel stops responding at 70mph, simply turn the engine off and back on!"
You work for Toyota?
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Just another attempt by to regulate and/or control the internet, I can just bet that he has a shiny Powerpoint presentation all prepped about how suited MS would be to manage the corporate planning and data management.
About as subtle as Vlad and the Count soliciting for charitable donations :
"to de Blood bank... I mean Red Cross, yes. No, you don't hawe to come in, ve vill be ower.. , Ve Vill send an agent by right avay! Oh yes it is wery conwenient for you, Ve know exactly vhere you are, I mean, ve hawe your address yes. Thank you for agreeing to be ovr wicte.. heh donor!"
Right down to the 'mvahaha!' and the obligatory Thunder and Lightning.
-Magdalene --"there are 10 types of people in the world, those who read binary, and those who don't"
Hear, hear!
I nominate the banker who got caught surfing porn at work on live T.V. to hold the first license.
I also think that installing M$ software on should count as a point against you.
Actually, the final boss is easy. The second to last boss, Anonymous, is a bitch and a half to beat, but all it takes to kill the kitten is masturbating.
Try not to take me more seriously than I take myself.
cause that could but Microsoft out of business... Windows; unsafe at any speed.
My karma is not a Chameleon.
Of course, there are quite a few problems with this. For starters, internet use cannot yet cause death or dismemberment like car accidents can
Well, not YET. But wait until you see what WGA for Windows 8 can do!
You have to watch out for their exploding van. You can defeat them easily with A Dog and some Curtains.
Cheers, Chris
Welcome to the "United" Kingdom. (airquotes intentional)
Don't feed the troll of the article.
He's Just Another Manic Mundie.
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