Fwd: [ PRIVACY Forum ] "Uncle Sam Wants You to Have an Online ID"

[R.A. Hettinga]

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> From: privacy at vortex.com
> Date: July 3, 2010 1:16:55 PM AST
> To: privacy-list at vortex.com
> Subject: [ PRIVACY Forum ] "Uncle Sam Wants You to Have an Online ID"
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> "Uncle Sam Wants You to Have an Online ID"
> http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03805.html
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> http://bit.ly/9tnHhN  (Fox Business)
> 
> The piece linked above pretty much presents a gung-ho support of the
> awful online identity proposal, and notes compliance would likely need
> to be legislated by Congress.  (See "Why the New Federal 'Trusted
> Internet Identity' Proposal is Such a Very Bad Idea" 
> ( http://bit.ly/9j4X0w [Lauren's Blog] ) for background on the proposal.
> 
> But what's particularly interesting are the reader comments.  At this
> point, none are clearly positive, and virtually all are negative
> toward the concept to one extent or another, in ways ranging from
> logical to wacky.  This mirrors most comments on the proposal on
> forums around the Net -- there appears to be overwhelming resistance
> to a government-involved universal Internet ID, despite claims of
> wonderful technological protections that would be provided in its
> design and deployment.
> 
> I should add that the proposal plays directly into the hands of the
> more "fringy" New World Order conspiracy fans, and provides political
> fodder for Big Telecom's "the feds are going to take over the
> Internet" Big Lie campaign against Net Neutrality.
> 
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein
> lauren at vortex.com
> Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
> http://www.pfir.org/lauren
> Co-Founder, PFIR
>   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
> Co-Founder, NNSquad
>   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
> Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition 
>   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
> Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
> Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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