White House To Drop Details of Cyber ID On Tax Day

BeatTheChip writes "Dept. of Commerce Scry. Gary Locke plans to release solidified details of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace [NSTIC] program starting 11 AM on Tax Day. Technologies and new policies will be demonstrated and discussed to attending press. NSTIC, a federal cyber identity program, drew criticisms earlier this year on initial announcement for similarities to a national identity program. It was deemed 'Real ID for the Internet' by some privacy and civil liberty organizations. NSTIC is a national online authentication program for public use under the oversight of the Dept. of Homeland Security."

That's Not How It Works

[blair1q]

From the NIST NSTIC [nist.gov] link in TFA:

# Private: This new "identity ecosystem" protects your privacy. Credentials share only the amount of personal information necessary for the transaction. You control what personal information is released, and can ensure that your data is not centralized among service providers.
# Voluntary: The identity ecosystem is voluntary. You will still be able to surf the Web, write a blog, participate in an online discussion, and post comments to a wiki anonymously or using a pseudonym. You would choose when to use your trusted ID. When you want stronger identity protection, you use your credential, enabling higher levels of trust and security.

Re:That's Not How It Works

[WorBlux]

Lets' see.. ever since cash has been legal tender.

Re:*Puts on tinfoil hat*

[element-o.p.]

Not sure if you've heard, but for the last ten years, Commanders-in-Chief from both of the major political parties have been busy stacking that judicial branch with their poster boys/girls (Roberts, Thomas, and Alito courtesy of GWB, and Sotomayer and Kagan courtesy of Obama [wikipedia.org]) while doing everything [wikipedia.org] they [nytimes.com] can [wikipedia.org] to gut [wikipedia.org] and/or [epic.org] reinterpret [youtube.com] the Constitution [tsa.gov] . I'm not holding out a whole lot of hope that the courts are going to do a whole lot to help out...if you even manage to get to the courts before being dragged off to Gitmo for providing "material aid or support" to "terrorist organizations".

And this is just the @#$!!! we have heard about. Somehow I suspect, no matter how bad you think it is...it's actually much, much worse.

Re:Connection Error

[Culture20]

If you can prove how you voted, you can sell your vote. Plus, people are attacked for political beliefs in the most civilized countries. Don't let fantasy dictate cautionary measures.