From the American Civil Liberties Union's web site dated 1/07/2011:
Obama administration officials spoke today about the "National Strategies for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace." …
In short, it's possible that if all the stars lined up perfectly, this "online identity ecosystem" could be a good thing.
Unfortunately, there are too many reasons to doubt that all the stars will line up perfectly.
… [T]his scheme appears to be a sweeping, utopian intervention in the Internet driven by anti-freedom security agendas that promises to do more harm than good.
See http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/dont-put-your-trust-trusted-identities/
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