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Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans
CBS News | CNet ^ | 1/7/10 | Declan McCullagh

Posted on 01/07/2011 8:57:35 PM PST by LibWhacker

STANFORD, Calif. - President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today.

It's "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said.

That news, first reported by CNET, effectively pushes the department to the forefront of the issue, beating out other potential candidates including the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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To: LibWhacker
"we need the private sector to lead the implementation of this"

What if the private sector declines the request?


81 posted on 01/07/2011 10:54:22 PM PST by I see my hands (How's that ballot box working out for you?)
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To: skr; Jim Robinson
"We’re still trying to ID him!"

I would like to Nominate the above post for post of the year!

82 posted on 01/07/2011 10:54:22 PM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: LibWhacker

I wonder if Apple Computer is involved. They are identifying the owners of their product by computer ID which can be applied to all their products. They say this is so you won’t have to repurchase stuff which is a great idea; but I still wonder.


83 posted on 01/07/2011 10:55:45 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: skinkinthegrass; potlatch

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Just tons of graphic journalism.....

If we run out - We make more!

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84 posted on 01/07/2011 10:57:19 PM PST by devolve (. . . . . . . . . Wagya for only $100 pound . . Gasoline for only $5.00 a gallon . .)
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To: LibWhacker

Unless you are vistin .gov websites the government should have no authroity over what you do as long as it is legal.


85 posted on 01/07/2011 10:58:32 PM PST by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: LibWhacker

Screw you, Obama.


86 posted on 01/07/2011 10:59:33 PM PST by Allegra (You're a towel.)
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To: LibWhacker

Remarks at Cybersecurity Event with White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt, Stanford, California

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke

http://www.mmdnewswire.com/commerce-secretary-gary-locke-16545.html

“To help meet these challenges, the Obama administration released a comprehensive Cyberspace Policy Review outlining a series of necessary actions by the public and private sector including: improving identity solutions, identity management services, and privacy-enhancing technologies.

This review has helped to lay the groundwork for the administration’s forthcoming National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.

The final version of this strategy will be signed by the president in the coming months, and Howard will be talking about this in a few minutes.

Many of you participated in the open public process to comment on the strategy and are familiar with the public draft released this past summer. And we want to thank you for your thoughts and recommendations.

The end game, of course, is to create an Identity Ecosystem where individuals and organizations can complete online transactions with greater confidence. . . putting greater trust in the online identities of each other. . . and greater trust in the infrastructure that the transactions run across.

Let’s be clear. We are not talking about a national ID card. We are not talking about a government-controlled system. What we are talking about is enhancing online security and privacy and reducing and perhaps even eliminating the need to memorize a dozen passwords, through creation and use of more trusted digital identities.

To accomplish this, industry leadership is essential. We need the private sector’s expertise and its involvement in designing, building and implementing this Identity Ecosystem.

To succeed, we will also need a National Program Office at the Department of Commerce that is focused on implementing the Trusted Identities Strategy.”


87 posted on 01/07/2011 10:59:49 PM PST by Innovative (Weakness is provocative.)
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To: LibWhacker

I’ll miss the Internet when it is gone bookmark.


88 posted on 01/07/2011 11:00:32 PM PST by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: bushwon

Locke is a dipstick. We had to endure years of him here in WA state. He’s a prime example of the Peter Principle and this is a taste of what you get when he’s given authority.

Like another poster said: I had to read this to see if it was satire. Sick.


89 posted on 01/07/2011 11:03:47 PM PST by Zarro (Hands off Our Junk!)
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To: goodnesswins
Do you use Ubuntu? I’m wondering about it ....

Yes, though I don't know any command lines, etc. I am typing this post on a two-year-old HP1120NR which runs on Ubuntu. I have never had a virus, etc., since Linux, of which Ubuntu is a distribution, is impervious to viruses. I use Open Office and HP helpfully updates my machine periodically. It cost under $400 and is available second-hand for around $200. It has a 16gig SSD drive and boots in about ten seconds. There has never been anything like it on the market since then, except to custom order from HP for around $800, with an 80gig SSD a seven-hour battery life versus my current 2-1/2 hours. So it isn't worth getting a new one. Another almost virus-free alternative is a MacBook Air 11.6" for $1,000+. Both alternatives are expensive for a third computer, for me anyway.

Now if Obama gets revved up about IDing everyone, maybe I'll just need to take the plunge.

90 posted on 01/07/2011 11:05:48 PM PST by Praxeologue (io)
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To: skr

His number is 666.


91 posted on 01/07/2011 11:06:02 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
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To: LibWhacker

92 posted on 01/07/2011 11:06:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Please donate to FreeRepublic, sanity in a world gone mad!)
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To: Zarro

Locke is only following his master’s, Obama’s instructions.


93 posted on 01/07/2011 11:07:11 PM PST by Innovative (Weakness is provocative.)
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To: Mad Dawgg
"We’re still trying to ID him!"

I would like to Nominate the above post for post of the year!


+1
94 posted on 01/07/2011 11:08:13 PM PST by Bronzewound
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To: Jet Jaguar
You would think some lib talkers would be against this too. Alan Colmes comes to mind.

I wonder what his take will be?

If one of his eight listeners is lurking they can let us know.

95 posted on 01/07/2011 11:08:47 PM PST by Chunga (Go, Sarah, GO!! - Jim Robinson)
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To: Kennard

Thanks.


96 posted on 01/07/2011 11:09:08 PM PST by goodnesswins (You deciding how to spend your health care $, thatÂ’s freedom. Govt deciding, thats a death panel)
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To: LibWhacker

F That.


97 posted on 01/07/2011 11:09:16 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: LibWhacker

F That.


98 posted on 01/07/2011 11:09:19 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: LibWhacker

This individual has no concept of what it means to be an American.


99 posted on 01/07/2011 11:10:30 PM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

LOL!


100 posted on 01/07/2011 11:10:44 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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