Reply #49: Another source here. [View All]

[madfloridian]

I think people need to run from this bad guy. Good gracious.
This reaches the conclusion that privacy is basically a myth now, is this age of information.

http://www.discourse.net/archives/2004/01/update_howard_dean_on_id_cards_not_so_bad_but_not_so_good.html

SNIP...."Larry, like the first commentator on the earlier item, also points to the Register’s timely reminder that the source of this report has a very bad track record for carelessly sliming Democrats on tech issues. Fair enough.

SNIP..."Indeed, the full text of Dean’s speech isn’t as bad as the news account made it sound. It does contain many nods towards privacy rights. And it actually makes a point I agree with — the current privacy baseline is low, as we’ve ceded a lot of privacy already. Having said that, though, it does seem to me that this speech is fairly described as a strong endorsement of ubiquitious smart card readers (not mandatory, just standards-driven) for PCs in order to create a world in which communications are better authenticated, and access to information can be more properly rationed (e.g. age restrictions). Would that be a better world? I have my doubts. Is it a likely world? Alas, yes. Could it be implemented in ways that are more or less evil? Absolutely, and I’ll have lots to say about that in coming months.....