ObamaNet?

[dralarms]

Don't know what this is about but it's scary if possible.

"The Washington Times is warning that the White House cybersecurity adviser and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke are drawing up "ObamaNet," President Obama's mandate for what amounts to a national ID card for the Internet.

President Obama wants to establish passwords for every citizen to centralize your personal information. Instead of logging onto Facebook or one's bank using separate passwords established with each individual company or web site, you will be required to use the government-issued password.

According to the Washington Times, here are the problems with "ObamaNet":

• The government will be able to track every web site you visit and every keystroke you send on your home computer.
  
• The government will be able to track every purchase you make and every deposit and withdrawal, and gain access to your electronic health care records.
  
• The government will be able to track every blog comment you make, along with every Facebook and Twitter post.
  
• The government will be able to create lists of your friends and acquaintances and lists of all your political affiliations, political donations, club memberships, hobbies and interests.
  
• It's impossible for the government to make this system 100% secure (remember Wikileaks?), meaning criminals would need to steal only one key to unlock a vast amount of your personal and financial information.
  

Although the White House will tell you it is a voluntary program, the government "voluntary" programs too often end up becoming mandatory. See Web I.D. = more gov't control.

TAKE ACTION

Your elected officials can stop President Obama and the Federal government from prying into the personal lives of American citizens.

Email your members of Congress today, asking them to issue a public statement in opposition to President Obama's plan to issue government-based Internet ID cards"

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Keep digging. I'm sure you won't like it much more.

Ah, it's just a little government expansion and control

for all the sheeple still in denial to keep denying and

claim it is something else.

[dralarms]

Keep digging. I'm sure you won't like it much more.

Ah, it's just a little government expansion and control

for all the sheeple still in denial to keep denying and

claim it is something else.

I don't like it now, and if passed hell I'm going dark.

[Mike.357]

why does the gooberment feel the need to continually stick their nose in my personal business?

How could one of "them" look anyone in the eye and with a straight face say it is for our own good?

[dralarms]

why does the gooberment feel the need to continually stick their nose in my personal business?

How could one of "them" look anyone in the eye and with a straight face say it is for our own good?

Exactly.

I posted this over on the beretta forum and got severely chastised. Oh well.

[Mike.357]

I don't understand how anyone would see good in something like this?

[Mark@Sea]

Mike, it is along the same lines as "If you don't have anything to hide, you won't mind us searching your car/bags/house/body. Besides, it's for your own protection."

I hear and see that a lot these days.

[eapking]

666

[Guest mosinon]

From what I can tell this is an opt in thing. You know one ID for all your commerce needs, something that vendors and buyers could trust. Guy rips you off on ebay? You know who he is!

Which sounds great, (I get the other spin), but is a horrible idea. For the convenience of security you are basically giving up all kinds of privacy. To everyone.

screw all that, when I go to a grocery store I can pay in cash and be anonymous. You can do the same thing on the net if you are a little savvy.

For those that imagine they are some how protected now, you're not. So it isn't that the government will suddenly know less it is that it will be a lot easier to agents to know more. And I don't want that.

The bigger question is will people go for it? The answer is... "of course"

People love the easy and this will make everything easier. People will tell you you that they value their privacy and then tweet that they are traveling on twitter and give out their marital status on Facebook.