President Obama has said that he will give the United States Commerce Department authority over a proposed national cybersecurity ID card. The goal is for everyone to have one ID to use on the internet, as opposed to having to remember multiple login names and passwords.
The details are still not fully laid out, but U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke assured people at an event at the Stanford Institute that this will not be anything like a government controlled national ID card.
Bill from Kettering begs to differ. "It sure sounds like the same thing to me. If it's not state specific, like a driver's license, but national, then what's the difference?"
The NSA and Department of Homeland Security had been previously mentioned as possible groups to head up the new system, but the announcement that the Commerce Department will handle it should appease groups that have raised concerns about agencies doing double duty with police and intelligence work.
The Obama administration is currently working on the details for what they have dubbed the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.
How about you? Do you think this is a good idea or simply Big Brother trying to take more control over its citizens? Leave your comments below.
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