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U.S. Government Wants You To Create a Virtual Driver’s License

Under an initiative to improve online identity verification, the U.S. wants a driver's license for the Internet.
Posted on September 19, 2011 by Abe Brown
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The U.S. government has issued a challenge to Internet entrepreneurs. It wants a way to certify an online identity, like a virtual driver’s license. Significant issues surround the government initiative, which it calls National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. The security issues for any large collection of personal data is great. And then just how should the identities be collected and issued? Obviously, there are privacy issues compounding those security risks. ““The whole thing is fraught with the potential for doing things wrong,” says Kim Cameron, a Microsoft engineer and online-identity expert.

Businesses stand to gain from this though — more companies than just whoever helps design our future ID card. If customers feel more secure online, they’ll shop more and more widely.

Read more at The New York Times.

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  • Gwen

    I would agree with Kim Cameron, the microsoft engineer. Way to much potential for misuse and identity fraud.  

  • David

    I’ll pass.  Government ran “Trusted Identity”?  No thanks.  Isn’t that an Oxymoron anyway?

  • Philbrook Sargent

    This ID would come with many questions which one MUST answer or no ID, such as, “How many firearms do you have in your house?”  I have no problems with shopping online, have been doing it since Comp-U-Serve days.  Few little problems which were solved via email and maybe a phone call or two.  I am required to provide the government far too much information when filing my 1040 with the IRS and every 10 years for the Census.  I am a very visible person on the web where my name will bring up the first 10 items on a Google search, which may make it harder to steal my ID then if I were completely invisible on the internet.  My state drivers license is quit enough, thank you!

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    Government agencies are wolves in sheeps clothing. The government doesn’t care about keeping small businesses secure, they care about having their dirty laundry aired and punishing those that do it. The backlash is that people will have to filter their opinions for fear of reprisal. 

  • Anonymous

    The internet is one of the least regulated place in the world, and as a result we have an enormous, unbelievable amount of things at our instant access.  Of course the government feels left out.  Government issued online ID cards will only hurt business; don’t be fooled.

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