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White House Releases Trusted Internet ID Plan

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-feel-safer-already dept.

angry tapir writes "From the Computerworld article: 'the U.S. government will coordinate private-sector efforts to create trusted identification systems for the Internet, with the goal of giving consumers and businesses multiple options for authenticating identity online, according to a plan released by President Barack Obama's administration.'"

5 of 229 comments (clear)

  1. Oooh I know! by Haedrian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lets give controls of the keys to the Homeland Security.

    I'm sure we can trust them with our internet.

  2. Taxes, spying, control. by assemblerex · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Items purchased with trusted ID: Washing machine, PS4, Glycerine, Shower tiles cleaner (flagged combo).
    Taxes due on purchases $156.00. Forwarding purchase of glycerine and acid product to FBI for examination.

  3. The format by TheSpoom · · Score: 5, Funny

    The format of the Trusted ID will be a nine digit number, separated into three groups by dashes...

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  4. Re:Let me guess by iluvcapra · · Score: 5, Insightful

    After reading the document, there really aren't any system requirements, specific technology or any kind of actual implementation, all it really does is set out some goals and establish a certain vocabulary. It's utterly anodyne and will probably die before being considered because it sets out concrete goals for private companies that handle identifying data:

    Limit the collection and transmission of information to the minimum necessary to fulfill the transaction’s purpose and related legal requirements;
    Limit the use of the individual’s data that is collected and transmitted to specified purposes;
    Be accountable for how information is actually used and provide mechanisms for compliance, audit, and verification; and
    Provide effective redress mechanisms for, and advocacy on behalf of, individuals who believe their data may have been misused

    Surely this is the thin end of the wedge of tyranny.

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  5. Direct link by vlm · · Score: 5, Informative

    Rather than hittin a journalist site, go direct to the source at

    http://www.nist.gov/nstic/

    You can trust this isn't a rickroll or a goatse because I'm usin' my trusted internet ID of VLM

    The headline made me expect a detailed bit level cryptoanalysis of the new protocol complete with flowcharts, etc. Instead it seems to be the tech equivalent of a bunch of hippies high on weed sitting around a campfire and curing all the worlds ills by talking about them.

    More like "whitehouse releases a plan to create a plan for a trusted internet ID plan"

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