The press release from the horse's mouth (what this article should link to): [www.dot.gov]

The relation is probably not symmetric (i.e. frequent users of Facebook having a low NFC does not imply that using Facebook less frequently results in a higher NFC).

^ Yep.

I wish they'd support the open source Google Authenticator mobile app. It generates time-based, single-use codes without a data or network connection.

Amen to that. :)

I'd say I'm more a lobbyist for an intelligent understanding of the proposal.

The identity management company could be Google, Facebook, potentially your university/company, etc. You don't necessarily need a new 'account' anywhere.

Gahhhh I keep seeing so many comments like this... If you actually read the article or watch the video, you'll understand that this proposed system doesn't require ANY government interaction whatsoever. Your ID can be managed as a private identification management company, which could authenticate you to a private…

That would be a good solution, but the problem is, there's no way to set up an SSH tunnel on the iPhone, for example, without jailbreaking it (and even then, I'm not sure there's a way to SSH tunnel every single connection the phone makes).

Are you suggesting that HTTPS/SSL is insecure? Neither the carriers, ISPs, nor anyone else would be able to see content in transit if encrypted properly via HTTPS. All that a carrier would be able to turn over in response to a warrant would be useless, encrypted data. The government would have to serve the warrant on…

They could use those same techniques regardless of whether this identification/authentication system is in place or not. The only difference this system would make is that Amazon (for example) would be more confident that the person they're selling something to is you, not someone impersonating you.

I would agree with that if this was in fact a "government-approved" ID. The only government involvement with this system is that the US Department of Commerce proposed it. One implementation of this system, a private ID management company authenticating to a private online retailer, would have ZERO government…

That's not the point - I'm just showing how this proposed system could be used without any government involvement or knowledge of the transaction.

Could you please explain to me how the government would know what you're doing online if you use Google as your identity management company and authenticate to Amazon with it to purchase something?

Yeah, people read anything involving the government and an identification system, and they automatically assume it's the government trying to destroy any concept of privacy, have a central database of information on every citizen that they can access at will, and control everyone. It reminds me of ignorant repeating…

I've read a bunch of comments here like "What if someone gains access to the database where all of these credentials are held?" and "So a government managed identity?"

I don't think 3G's encryption is sufficient. The network carrier (and potentially others) would be able to easily access all transferred content in plaintext, as I'm sure they have their own decryption mechanisms. Using HTTPS, however, would prevent everyone, including wireless carriers and any other intermediaries,…

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I'd love to see the same article for iPhones.

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