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An Internet ID per American citizen?

The U.S. government has come up with a plan to make the Net a safer place to conduct business. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced the cyberspace security initiative Friday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. According to Locke and the Obama administration, the new security ID will purportedly do away with the need for "dozens of passwords based on pets and maiden names." Here's a story on the new national Internet IDs from FOX News:

FOX quotes an executive with the Center for Democracy and Technology as calling the ID system a good idea in theory that should address many current online security threats. Read more here.

Craig Medred

Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. He left the ADN in 2015.

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