@johnwehrle There was a whole bunch of weird identity / identity management stuff floating around at the time (~2011-2012), including the NSTIC (National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace). I'd compiled and discussed a set of articles during the G+ shutdown ... four years ago (how time slogs...):

https://old.reddit.com/r/plexodus/comments/aa6pmi/a_manhattan_project_for_online_identity_nstic/

Key was Alex Howard's "A Manhattan Project for Online Identity" at O'Reilly Radar:

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/05/nstic-analysis-identity-privacy.html

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@natecull See NSTIC -- National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.

"A Manhattan Project for Online Identity" (2011)
http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/05/nstic-analysis-identity-privacy.html

The Google+ angle:

https://web.archive.org/web/20181220165659/https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-plus-history-death/283685/

EFF's take:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/07/real-id-online-new-federal-online-identity-plan

Final plan (if still online):
https://web.archive.org/web/20110415230954/http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/NSTICstrategy_041511.pdf

My previous discussion:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ladfrombrad/comments/aazsbm/a_manhattan_project_for_online_identity_nstic/

#NSTIC #Identity #GooglePlus #GPlus #Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #SurveillanceState

A Manhattan Project for online identity (2011)

A look at the White House's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.

... The NSTIC proposes the creation of an “identity ecosystem” online, “where individuals and organizations will be able to trust each other because they follow agreed upon standards to obtain and authenticate their digital identities.” The strategy puts government in the role of a convener, verifying and certifying identity providers in a trust framework....

If you've ever had the nagging suspicion that the mad rush to digital identities and all-encompassing online social networks is a matter of national policy ... well, it is.

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/05/nstic-analysis-identity-privacy.html

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#SurveillanceState #privacy #censorship #propaganda #manipulation