Why Obama's National Internet ID Solution is a Really, REALLY Bad Idea

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15. No way that remains true. Read the proposal.

It starts out optional, but if you read the government proposal, you will see that the primary goal is to make this ubiquitous, and quickly. The proposal is centered around the idea of creating rapid, tremendous growth of this thing by building a government and financial structure that will make sure businesses participate (and thus require their customers to, also). In other words, they plan to use money as a cudgel to ensure people are forced in.

Rapid growth is the centerpiece of the proposal. They seek to blanket the country and also go international. They want to create a central government point of entry into every transaction you make on the internet.

And despite what they promise now, this infrastructure they seek to create also will enable a government entry point into everything you DO on the internet.