Beat The Chip

END GOVERNMENT VAGRANCY! EVICT AGENCY DO-NOTHING S...

2012-04-27T11:28:36.005-07:00

END GOVERNMENT VAGRANCY! EVICT AGENCY DO-NOTHING SQUATTERS! BALANCE THE BUDGET AND CUT SPENDING! END THE CRADLE TO GRAVE PARASITIC COMFORTS OF A GOVERNMENT JOB! CONTRACTORS- WE DON'T OWE YOU A LIVING!

The ID checks are only at 4 airports in the countr...

2012-04-19T21:22:00.707-07:00

The ID checks are only at 4 airports in the country right now. Opt-out of Real ID requirements. Buy a passport - and not the passport card. You can always just skip the flying piece of this. Boycott TSA.

You can always get a passport. You don't have...

2012-04-19T21:19:28.255-07:00

You can always get a passport. You don't have to submit to any scanner or TSA checkpoint. If you want to skip the whole ordeal - drive. Support dignity. Boycott TSA.

This whole idea of these chips are wrong, the fede...

2012-01-21T19:08:28.182-08:00

This whole idea of these chips are wrong, the federal government is run by the devil and will bring hell to earth one day.

Hey That's Brad's normally reply I think. ...

2012-01-17T12:54:38.279-08:00

Hey That's Brad's normally reply I think. I got the exact same message with my name it in. There is a cipher in this message. Can you figure it out?

So, why not just have Canada and US merge and be d...

2011-11-15T18:28:04.492-08:00

So, why not just have Canada and US merge and be done with it?

WTF?! Do the rest of you guys just pay Harper to ...

2011-07-29T23:52:11.006-07:00

WTF?! Do the rest of you guys just pay Harper to do your policy homework on this? What?! I get that Harper is the national ID guy but it's beginning to sound like a shop full of pet parrots in D.C. I mean I get it that he shows up to work, buut.. c'mon you lazy bastards...

The guy you really want to talk to is Jim Harper a...

2011-07-29T23:46:44.803-07:00

The guy you really want to talk to is Jim Harper at Cato. He’d definitely have a full-throated response.

The databases are controlled by the state, that pa...

2011-07-29T23:33:39.761-07:00

The databases are controlled by the state, that part is true, but what they rarely ever mention is that the data hubs that connects those databases are controlled by the feds. All data going though those hubs can be siphoned off. If the feds control it, that makes it a national id systems. If the system is connected to all states, that makes it a national id.

Did Congress pass the bill? Is a federal agency or...

2011-07-29T23:30:04.866-07:00

Did Congress pass the bill? Is a federal agency or cabinet level department managing the standards? Can states voluntarily opt out? No, they're nullifying at the moment, and the feds are bowing to reality. Are federal funds being used to bribe states into compliance? ...to encourage state-level bureaucrats to undermine their legislators where they've somehow nullified the act? If the feds didn't bow to political reality, would an American whose state didn't follow the standards be able to enter a federal building or board a plane?

I think that FICAM and NSTIC are certainly related...

2011-07-28T21:56:26.229-07:00

I think that FICAM and NSTIC are certainly related, but not quite the same thing. It might be more correct to think of FICAM as an implementation or subset of NSTIC.
But I think you are correct to note that the most vocal supporters of NSTIC come from the SmartCard/RFID world, because they see NSTIC as an opportunity to increase sales. And in theory, NSTIC could end up looking like a lot like FICAM for the general public. We just don’t know yet what it’s going to look like. But I suspect that’s probably close to the SmartCard/RFID lobby’s choice.

Well put, Mr. Nicol. Rep. Bishop is seizing this i...

2011-05-03T09:37:10.117-07:00

Well put, Mr. Nicol. Rep. Bishop is seizing this issue as a way to weaken environmental laws. This is plain and simple.

For someone else's take regarding Bishop on this issue, check out this YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZxqYgePBP4

Also, "like" the following Facebook page, "Bishop's Blunders":
www.facebook.com/repbishopsblunders

I think the problem is that we have existing priva...

2011-05-02T15:25:42.711-07:00

I think the problem is that we have existing privacy and identity abuses happening simultaneously commercially and in government. The atmosphere of distrust and skepticism for the user is not going to magically clear up because the US government has a new idea. It hasn't recovered basic and successive liberty lost to the Patriot Act and the Real ID Act. The fact is the US people are STILL being burned NOW by the current policy or strategy for handling ID. There is simply no "trust" in the US public-private cache left.

You guys are interesting. The Rasmussen poll had ...

2011-05-02T15:17:44.628-07:00

You guys are interesting. The Rasmussen poll had nothing to do with NSTIC. They asked people a couple of loaded questions that didn't reflect anything that was in the NSTIC. Like "would you be in favor of sharing all of your online banking and shopping info with the government?" Well duh, no, of course not...No wonder everybody is opposed if you frame it like that. Of course, none of that is in NSTIC. But fearmongering begets fearmongering.

On the CAC cards - families members of retired ser...

2011-04-15T16:08:14.868-07:00

On the CAC cards - families members of retired service as CAC card users are not soldiers themselves. They are considered government beneficiaries by right.

In terms of governance - you'll have to articulate for the public the difference between public-private industry specific terminology in nuance and the general term governance if you intend to sport a correction.

Wikipedia spotlights the colluded puddle that is "governance" terminology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governance

We would like to make a couple of factual correcti...

2011-04-15T15:32:39.183-07:00

We would like to make a couple of factual corrections to your post.

Your post says:
NIST's Senior Advisor of ID Management stated that some of the NSTIC proposal structure was inspired by the Department of Defense's use of CAC cards, a smart ID card for government beneficiaries.

Fact: NIST's Jeremy Grant never stated the CAC was for government beneficiaries. It’s not: it is for DoD employees, including soldiers. And it was an example of how using stronger authentication technologies can reduce network intrusions – in this case, DOD cut their intrusions by 46%.

Your post also states:
While it was repeatedly stated that NSTIC plans to be private sector led, one panelist made it known that government would be, "the longest pole in the tent".

Fact: Jeremy said “governance,” not “government” – and there is a big difference between the two. The panel talked extensively about the need to set up the right governance structure as NSTIC moves forward.

Thank you. The NSTIC website which contains more information and the full text of the strategy is at http://www.nist.gov/nstic

The problem with the Internet is that it works too...

2011-04-15T10:01:00.357-07:00

The problem with the Internet is that it works too well. Most people are happy, and reasonable precautions can more-or-less keep them safe, too. Because it works, it doesn't need to be regulated; because it doesn't need to be regulated, bureaucrats can't take it's wealth and power as their own.

The solution? Fostering! Security! Initiative! Foster this, secure that, initiate another thing, and pretty soon the Net will be kinda broken. People will be upset. Then we can regulate it! For their own good, and to widespread approval, naturally.

Between this and the recent (illegal) FCC announcement that they have jurisdiction over ISPs, I give us 10 years, tops. Corporate greed and bureaucratic power-lust are deadly enemies of freedom.

Attention Citizen... you will not be permitted to ...

2011-04-15T09:45:37.028-07:00

Attention Citizen... you will not be permitted to buy or sell anything on the Internet without your NSTIC federal Internet license. http://www.fakeidfree.com In addition, all buying and selling of anything, period, must now be done over the Internet (so we can monitor it). Any attempt to circumvent will become a felony crime.

Everything this administration does in cyberspace ...

2011-04-15T09:22:47.029-07:00

Everything this administration does in cyberspace is designed to silence dissenting voices by any means available. Only the one true national Democratic narrative will be allowed to prevail.

I for one welcome our new totalitarian single party overlords, for they, and only they, know what is best for us.

Tax Day is April 18 this year, not because April 1...

2011-04-15T08:07:06.840-07:00

Tax Day is April 18 this year, not because April 15 is a Friday, but because April 15 is Emancipation Day--a holiday in the District of Columbia. Federal law dictates that when Tax Day would fall on a holiday, it is moved to the next business day, even if the "holiday" is some crank racist attempt to get off work for no good reason.

It seems that making the voter registration system...

2011-04-15T08:02:11.497-07:00

It seems that making the voter registration system more secure would be a higher priority. I agree with those that think this is the way that the government will assure that we pay taxes on our internet transactions. The real objective is to collect more money.

White House initiative improve online security *...

2011-04-15T07:52:01.576-07:00

*White House initiative
*improve online security
*increase privacy
*foster economic growth
*innovation online
*panel discussion
*industry leaders
*privacy advocates
*innovative smart technologies
*improve online authentication

All euphemisms for government interference.

For each of the four names -- myself, family and c...

2011-04-15T07:29:33.257-07:00

For each of the four names -- myself, family and close friends -- I plugged in, Spokeo gave misleading or completely wrong results, in one case calling my father's wife his child. I suspect it's easier to obscure your info with disinformation than to delete.

"It also forced all people, great and small, ...

2011-04-15T07:29:24.605-07:00

"It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name."

Heh.

Forgive me for being skeptical of our government &...

2011-04-15T07:27:11.588-07:00

Forgive me for being skeptical of our government "by the thugs for the thugs". This is not about keeping the internet safe. This is about government control and tracking of internet users. These guys would be delighted if they could convince us we really do want a GPS on our IP address.