It’s voluntary, but if you refuse to get one, doesn’t that automatically mean you’re a potential terrorist like those who “Opt out” at airports? You trust your government and corporations, don’t you? Don’t you!!! They’re doing it for the children!

White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt announced to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research on Friday that President Obama intended to turn over development of a national Internet ID to the Commerce Department.
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According to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, as reported by CNET: “We are not talking about a national ID card. 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.”

We are talking about a government-controlled system. That is exactly what we are talking about. In fact, the presentation of what few facts exist is vague enough as to be good for nothing but worry. Here are the few facts on the program that are available:

• 1. The government will enable the creation of verified identities
• 2. The government will create an “Identity Ecosystem”
• 3. Getting a verified identity will be elective
• 4. Verizon, Google, PayPal, Symantec and AT&T support the program
• 5. A user would be able to use one login to sign in to all of their sites

So, a user would have one, “verified” ID, which would be known by the government, and a set of large corporations.