US Rolls Out Plan for Internet IDs

Managing countless online account credentials and secure passwords is a daunting task for anyone. Setting up streamlined password managers and two-step verification tools offer a good start for improving security and making all those logins more manageable, but it's still a problematic system. With that in mind, the US government is considering an internet identity plan that would give you a single and more secure online identity (when you wanted to use it). Tech site Ars Technica breaks down how the internet identity plan might work. Sound like something you'd like?

http://lifehacker.com/#!5792528/us-rolls-out-plan-for-internet-identity

Full Story for those that like to read more than 1 paragraph. : http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/04/with-passwords-broken-us-rolls-out-internet-identity-plan.ars

No thanks. Call me crazy, but that sounds like asign o'da times.

"the government wants ... emphasize that the plan will be both voluntary and led by the private sector."

RTFA, guys. :P

I was gonna ask, does any1 really trust the government? And not just any government, but the US government!

Sound like something you'd like?

Fuhgeddabouditt

I don't trust the government.Baconbits2004

Why do we all act online as if we have something to hide?GazaAli

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Sound like something you'd like?

BranKetra

"Users can choose how many credentials they acquire, what information is contained in each, and how much information is revealed at login."

Seriously people, RTFA.

Another way for them to control the internetz.

Screw this, the day they think they can make me prove my ID online is the day I stop using the internet. We would all be better off without the nanny state watching over it, I will never accept this kind of crap.

What is accepted as "voluntary" will quickly become involuntary and required. Say NO to this!

if you want them giving you health care, food, retirement, dictating what should be taught and how, controlling industries, tapping your phones and assassinating your fellow citizens why is this so bad? this seems like a stupid place to draw the line.

if you want them giving you health care, food, retirement, dictating what should be taught and how, controlling industries, tapping your phones and assassinating your fellow citizens why is this so bad? this seems like a stupid place to draw the line.

surrealnumber5

My first reaction was 'gtfo of my internets'.

Then I read AT's article.

Will dive into the NSTIC PDF when I go home and pour myself a glass of scotch.

I do not trust anything like this from the government. I would rather risk it with private companies.

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Sound like something you'd like?

GabuEx

"Users can choose how many credentials they acquire, what information is contained in each, and how much information is revealed at login."

Seriously people, RTFA.

RTFA? What does mean?

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Oh. I get it.

"the government wants ... emphasize that the plan will be both voluntary and led by the private sector."

RTFA, guys. :P

GabuEx

Just because something starts as a voluntary measure doesn't mean that it will stay that way.

I like the idea, but if I'm going to actually use it, it would need to only require a very limited amount of personal information, leaving out anything that could be used fraudulently (like my SSN).

I do not trust anything like this from the government. I would rather risk it with private companies.

Wasdie

So then you're completely happy, because this is going to be spearheaded by private companies.

Seriously, why is no one actually reading the article? I feel like I'm in bizarro world here.

"the government wants ... emphasize that the plan will be both voluntary and led by the private sector."

RTFA, guys. :P

GabuEx

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"the government wants ... emphasize that the plan will be both voluntary and led by the private sector."

RTFA, guys. :P

Theokhoth

As long as it's a voluntary thing, this sounds like a good idea.kamikaze_pigmy

It's probably the first step in them finding a way to tax you for every transaction online.

No. I prefer the government not to be able to track everything I access.