Oh yes. Having centralized, government-managed online ID would be a great way to end Identity theft. You betcha. And it would give such a boost to e-commerce because everybody knows the fedgov is far more trustworthy and more concerned for your privacy than Amazon.com or eBay could ever be.
And — of course! — your government-managed online ID would be voluntary. Strictly and always voluntary. And you can believe that with all your heart. Because “We’re from the government and we’re here to help you escape your dangerously ‘outdated’ decentralized logins.”
Biggest load of codswallop I’ve read all week.
And this has been a pretty big week for codswallop.
Surprised to see this coming from FoxNews.com — which may sometimes be harebrained, but is usually harebrained in a different direction than this.