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Demo_Chris

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106. So rather than Amazon monitoring what books and movies and porn I prefer...

Thu May 1, 2014, 06:00 AM

May 2014

I should instead embrace the NSA directly monitoring and recording and data basing every microsecond of my online existence? Seriously, this is what you support?

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The White House Wants to Issue You an Online ID - driver's license for the internet [View all] Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 OP

I already have one. House of Roberts Apr 2014 #1

Don't forget your devices MAC address cause the NSA sure hasn't Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #6

Spoof it Go Vols Apr 2014 #43

RFC1918 or RFC2460 snooper2 Apr 2014 #11

Oh Noes They Want to Give Everyone Number Of the BEAST! snooper2 Apr 2014 #2

I never realized how appropriate your username is until now. enlightenment Apr 2014 #3

I noted that quite a while ago. nt grasswire Apr 2014 #51

Say good bye to anonymity. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #4

So we are going to receive benefits with this ID#, you know, like SS, which btw has always been sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #10

I KNOW sabrina! and we NOW HAVE PROOF! You won't believe this, watch this video snooper2 Apr 2014 #13

Your sources are not very good. We have way better proof than that, thanks to Whistle Blowers sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #19

I don't believe we've had a democracy in my lifetime, LuvNewcastle Apr 2014 #56

Seems that way. But during the Bush era I admit, I thought we had a democracy and all we had to do sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #95

HP printers are known for that n/t Holly_Hobby Apr 2014 #20

Someone is just learning about the EURion Constellation - this has been around almost 20 years whopis01 Apr 2014 #32

Your post already tells us what the trolls are going to do. villager Apr 2014 #12

LOL! City Lights Apr 2014 #14

... SammyWinstonJack Apr 2014 #17

Trolls will use SIP URI to their advantage! snooper2 Apr 2014 #33

Indeed, sometimes trolls double down. villager Apr 2014 #42

The next thing you know Mr.Bill Apr 2014 #71

Have been wanting to dump my computer CountAllVotes Apr 2014 #5

Um, it's not a rule, it's a pilot test program. randome Apr 2014 #9

See my post #68. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #69

Oh FUCK that. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #7

The identity ecosystem...YOU in a petri dish. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #8

This is an admission that the use of a password is a claim to privacy. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #73

your financial life, your medical history, your entertainment and business practices Supersedeas Apr 2014 #83

IMHO the point is widely misinterpreted jberryhill Apr 2014 #15

Check out the use cases above your post...nt Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #16

I don't have a problem with the use cases jberryhill Apr 2014 #21

hardware based, issued by third parties, revokable at any time. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #24

Indeed it does jberryhill Apr 2014 #26

I have a problem with a single system imposed on me by the government Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #30

Right, so... jberryhill Apr 2014 #36

yeah duh. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #38

"use a RSA fob for really secure access" jberryhill Apr 2014 #48

Lulz...I get it your back to humor. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #50

Why do you prefer large corporations to the government? jberryhill Apr 2014 #53

I just want to say... SkyDaddy7 Apr 2014 #64

What astounds me is... jberryhill Apr 2014 #66

You do realize the back end of this system will be run by the government?..nt Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #94

It's voluntary. toddwv Apr 2014 #65

Does the clerk ever record your license ID number? A Simple Game Apr 2014 #75

Yeah.... jberryhill Apr 2014 #86

Nope. JoeyT Apr 2014 #88

However.... jberryhill Apr 2014 #91

So if you don't have the hardware, you don't participate. Sounds simple to me. randome Apr 2014 #27

In what the internet?...nt Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #31

Right. A vendor that wants to purchase the hardware can require someone to use a secure ID. randome Apr 2014 #45

Unless you don't do your banking business online or can't because you don't have enough sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #22

Why do you suppose it is hard for me to imagine that? jberryhill Apr 2014 #23

What made you think I was referring to you? I don't know you from adam or your circumstances. sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #28

"We don't NEED an internet ID" jberryhill Apr 2014 #34

So because there is fraud we should make the government the amazon one click of the internet. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #37

"the amazon one click of the internet" jberryhill Apr 2014 #39

I don't purchase alcohol on the internet, Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #41

Depends on your state jberryhill Apr 2014 #52

Of course I know about online fraud. Just how would having an internet 'driving license' stop that? sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #44

How soon before they revoke it cause you posted online and had your post hidden by a jury. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #35

Thread Winner!! demwing Apr 2014 #72

This sounds like a terrible idea. City Lights Apr 2014 #18

This from the folks that give us the NSA? Secure? Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2014 #25

More like the folks who built the ACA website....nt Jesus Malverde May 2014 #97

Wow, something else that we don't need, that they'd find a way to screw up NightWatcher Apr 2014 #29

We don't need it, but it's never about us. THEY will make lots of money though and that is sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #47

The horseshit involved in a TWIC card are why I'd oppose this. JoeyT Apr 2014 #90

The first question on everbody's mind ought to be -- Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #40

the second question should be which private contractor will the government choose,. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #46

Sounds like another corporate raid on the treasury. JEB Apr 2014 #58

For some reason they never seem to consider that. Shandris Apr 2014 #49

Nope deosnt sound scary Egnever Apr 2014 #54

Control Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #55

for better and for worse the "unrestrained by traditional values" hasn't played out MisterP Apr 2014 #76

This is a ploy to test the waters Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #89

This should help the identity thieves on a grand scale BuelahWitch Apr 2014 #57

Yeah, I prefer to remain anonymous online. Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #59

Another day, another ugly, predatory betrayal. woo me with science Apr 2014 #60

And 5 minutes after issuance, it will be hacked. n2doc Apr 2014 #61

precisely steve2470 May 2014 #111

We have one too, but it's got a govt ID... jtuck004 Apr 2014 #62

OMG! This might even be used for online voting someday! MineralMan Apr 2014 #63

Then, I suppose... they will declare it a "privilege", like driving. AzDar Apr 2014 #67

What a stupid, expensive idea. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #68

That is not what this is. Read beyond the attention-getting headline. randome Apr 2014 #70

Yes. That is what this is. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #78

This is primarily for online transactions. The posts are all over this thread pointing it out. randome Apr 2014 #79

Let me put it to you this way. You know what Amazon Prime is? randome Apr 2014 #80

The (expected) propaganda is false. You are correct. The entire goal is to make it unavoidable. woo me with science Apr 2014 #84

Well, there's a song for that... MADem Apr 2014 #74

Yesterday's news, I'm afraid. Jerry442 Apr 2014 #77

When someone shows you who they are, believe them... Demo_Chris Apr 2014 #81

Good God, an example of Infinite Hyperbole! randome Apr 2014 #82

Somewhat. What does Amazon Prime have to do with O's latest scheme? Demo_Chris Apr 2014 #85

They are very similar in nature. randome Apr 2014 #87

Facepalm Recursion May 2014 #102

So rather than Amazon monitoring what books and movies and porn I prefer... Demo_Chris May 2014 #106

You must be very glad we didn't get single payer Recursion May 2014 #107

Okay, you've tried equating this to Amazon and now single payer, it's neither... Demo_Chris May 2014 #109

Not just NO DJ13 Apr 2014 #92

Now that the cat is out of the bag, here is the rest of the story snooper2 Apr 2014 #93

I assume this was supposed to be humorous. Jesus Malverde May 2014 #99

We have something similar in South Korea agentS Apr 2014 #96

I'm in Korea as well davidpdx May 2014 #100

"generally off limits" Jesus Malverde May 2014 #101

Blocked davidpdx May 2014 #103

OMG A PUBLIC/PRIVATE KEY PAIR!!!!!!! Recursion May 2014 #98

According to Mikulski, a centralized system is VERY important for LAW ENFORCEMENT Pholus May 2014 #104

Stunning comments - as if they are lacking in size Jesus Malverde May 2014 #113

Sounds like another 1%er giveaway/taxpayer waste program like TSA's CLEAR program Pholus May 2014 #105

I'm against it. Enthusiast May 2014 #108

so, once the hacker criminals inevitably hack this.... steve2470 May 2014 #110

Remember back during the Dubya years when you could get arrested for wearing a Peace T shirt? Fumesucker May 2014 #112

Strange some people seem to welcome the security blanket of authoritarianism...nt Jesus Malverde May 2014 #114