Obama Eyeing Internet ID For Americans
“CBS News reports that the Obama administration is currently drafting the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, which will be released by the president in the next few months.
‘We are not talking about a national ID card,’ says Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, whose department will be in charge of the program. ‘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.’
Although details have not been finalized, the ‘trusted identity’ may take the form of a smart card or digital certificate that would prove online users are who they say they are.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/08/1227229/Obama-Eyeing-Internet-ID-For-Americans