Obama moves forward with Internet ID plan | Privacy Inc. - CNET News http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20054342-281.html ...."Barbara Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat who also spoke today at the Chamber event, seemed to veer a bit off-message--and instead of touting anonymity, she stressed the importance of aiding law enforcement. Protecting civil liberties is important, Mikulski said. "But the first civil liberty is to be able to have a job, lead a life, and be able to buy what you want in the way we now buy it, which is through credit cards." "We're going to support the FBI," said Mikulski, who heads the Senate subcommittee that oversees the FBI's funding. "We're going to support the growth of the FBI." ..... .... "Another cautionary note comes from a previous public-private partnership that also sought to improve identity -related authentication. The largest company participating in the TSA's registered traveler identification program, Verified Identity Pass' CLEAR, shut down in 2009. Its assets were sold to the highest bidder. Another concern: Although the White House is describing the NSTIC plan as "voluntary," federal agencies could begin to require it for IRS e-filing, applying for Social Security or veterans' benefits, renewing passports online, requesting federal licenses (including ham radio and pilot's licenses), and so on. Then obtaining one of these ID would become all but mandatory for most Americans. "For end -users, online identification has become increasingly cumbersome and complex," says Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center . "But it remains unclear whether the White House proposal will solve this problem or create new problems. T
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is the real risk that consolidated identity schemes will lead to 'hyper' identity theft."
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is the real risk that consolidated identity schemes will lead to 'hyper' identity theft."
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