I thought PITA was an acronym for Pain In The ***.
Obama watching you watching porn...or whatever...
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I thought PITA was an acronym for Pain In The ***.
It was fun to point out my error, but it's even more fun to not get a real response from Dick. Why is that?
Marty McFly
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Maybe you guys should research this more before bitching so much. It's not a surveillance thing. In fact, I bet has more to do with e-commerce and collection of sales tax.
Well, that's a relief. So it's not the government trying to track us -- it's simply the government trying to track us.
Next thing you know they'll assign us numbers when we're born, put bar codes on everything, and make you register to own a gun! LESS GOVERNMENT PLEASE!
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This. +4.
This is not a government issued internet ID. The proposal is for introducing a trusted authority which is authorized to issue unique digital certificates that can be used as a trusted identity source over the internet. Just like the driver's license binds the person it's been issued to to the bearer via the picture and can be used as a proof of identity. You can (but you are not mandated to) use it to sign in your bank for example, and the bank will know that it is you on the other end, not someone who stole your identity. The certificate will be probably on a smart card or other physical device that is protected. Number of countries around the globe are issuing such certificates that can be stored on their driver's licenses (which are also smart cards), passports or national ID cards. It's just like unforgeable digital signature. You still can stay anonymous or not use it unless you want to but you have the option of securely identifying yourself to your bank or other entities accepting those. Also each US Department of Defense has a similar card that gives or denies access to government resources.
This said, there are so many potential problems with this...
This said, there are so many potential problems with this...
Marty McFly
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It's optional.
Archie Moses
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Check out this website. You're on it, and so is your information.
www.spokeo.com
Those sons of bitches!
www.spokeo.com
Those sons of bitches!
They have me listed as making 180k a year. I like that site already.
Remove your profile. Click on the "full data" or whatever it is and there is a privacy option down below. Copy the url of your profile and paste it there to remove it.
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