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White House's trusted identities strategy doesn't inspire trust
Security Management: The White House's draft plan to create trusted identities in cyberspace has met with skepticism if not outright hostility in some electronic security and privacy quarters.
One month ago, the White House released its "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" (.pdf) laying out its vision for a voluntary "Identity Ecosystem" that could foster trusted online transactions while promoting privacy. According to the strategy, "[t]he Identity Ecosystem is an online environment where individuals, organizations, services, and devices can trust each other because authoritative sources establish and authenticate their digital identities."
