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http://www.lockergnome.com/lumpy/2011/01/13/obama-administration-to-propose-internet-id/
Excuse my cynicism here… I am officially diagnosed with PTSD and a serious lack of trust goes along with it… so it must just be me. I am also slightly paranoid but thanks to Prozac in my drinking water, I have that in check. Then there are those darn voices….
Honestly though, you wouldn’t believe how often those voices in my head are right. These voices go by the names of Reason and Common Sense.
When I read this story, I keep hearing lines from Tolkien;
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
I first caught this news over at Boycott RIAA which gave Fox News and CNet as sources.
The post at Boycott-RIAA mentions that this one almost went unnoticed. I don’t recall hearing anything about this on the 6 O’clock news… must have been bumped for a dead bird, Bieber or Snooky story.
I consider the news expected. I also find it disturbing and wrong. Both source articles state;
“We are not talking about a national ID card,” Locke said at the Stanford event. “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.”
Uh, okay… I have a few questions:
Personally Big Brother Uncle Sam, I think you are not the right person to manage my privacy, accounts and identity. While I may not be a security expert and do dumb things, I have a characteristic you lack. I care about me…. to you I am just another number to track.
Spare us the expense of another government program and just let everyone deal with their own passwords and IDs. I do not see any logical reason to trust you with this.