The White House Wants to Issue You an Online ID - driver's license for the internet

[JDPriestly]

73. This is an admission that the use of a password is a claim to privacy.

The rule is that you have privacy where you have an expectation of privacy. I have an expectation of privacy when I use a password. I wouldn't use the password if I did not expect privacy.

This is a dirty trick on the part of the government to circumvent the law.

How crummy, how low can our government go?

This idea is positively perverted. By getting an internet license you hand all your personal data and the right to put you under surveillance to the government.

I say no, no, no. Loud and clear. This would go too far.

Our passwords protect us. This license system would soon be useless because internet thieves would find a way to circumvent it.

A license ID and number could be easily counterfeited. If you have a different password for each account, you are better protected than by having one ID card that will have one means of identifying you.

Not only is this idea a trick, it is stupid. It won't protect anyone. The ID card cannot be made to be as secure as your random passwords.