The Beast Has Awoken – Part 3, Some Form of a National ID is Inevitable
YOWUSA.COM, 21-November-01 Marshall Masters
…Continued
The Information Age and the Private Digital Persona (PDP)
By definition, a “persona” is the role that one assumes or displays in public or society. It is our public image or personality. This is a common aspect of
the Internet. When logging onto an instant messaging service we use a screen name to identify ourselves as opposed to our real name.
For the pedophile, the screen name is an anonymous blessing and it helps them present themselves to unsuspecting children. These anonymous encounters are a silent terror of parents as their children use the Internet
from unsupervised personal computers.
But what if parents were able to create a PDP for their children, with the following rules:
The PDP becomes the child’s permanent digital identification with a unique number assigned in a manner similar to the way web sites get their domain names. The government does not issue the identification.
Children can only logon to the Internet with their PDP, which never divulges their personal data.
Children cannot modify a PDP until reaching the age of majority.
Children can only interact with other people and firms on the Internet with a registered PDP. The child’s PDP is specially blocked from anonymous web contacts.
The PDP is stored on the computer of a trusted PDP service provider, from a wide choice of competitive service providers. The service can be sold separately or bundled with a package of other services such
as banking accounts or home security systems.
The PDP service provider keeps a track of all the other PDP accounts that have contacted or been contacted by the child. At the request of
the parents, the PDP service provider can generate a list of all the PDP contacts with the child.
In the natural order of things, this is what the Internet will soon provide users and this is why Microsoft is offering its security-flawed Passport service as
type of entry level PDP. Remember, though, that Microsoft is the virus of the Internet for the Jedi hackers, who promptly tore gaping holes through the Passport security system.
IDG, November 20, 2001
Microsoft times out
MICROSOFT WAS forced to temporarily suspend an important financial service of its Passport Wallet program for several days after a programmer showed that he could obtain users' credit card numbers and other
personal information merely by sending them a single e-mail message.
Marc Slemko, a Seattle developer, demonstrated that he
could retrieve all of a user's cookies and use them to access that person's Passport information any time the user viewed one of Slemko's messages within 15 minutes of signing on to Hotmail (which now requires Passport).
After notifying Microsoft, and being assured that the company was temporarily taking its Express Purchase system offline on Nov. 1, Slemko published a white
paper on this and other severe security problems with Passport. That paper is available at
http://alive.znep.com/~marcs/passport.
IDG, November 20, 2001
Use at your own risk
It didn't take long for someone to poke a hole in
Microsoft's Passport authentication scheme, did it? The problem didn't take long to fix: Microsoft had to take its authentication servers offline for a few hours, inconveniencing some users of Hotmail and MSN. This
gives me another reason to recommend anything but Microsoft to those users concerned about present-day and future security threats.
Don't bother sending me that e-mail whining about how unfair I am because "every vendor has security problems." Yes, as we just saw a couple hundred words ago, that's certainly true, but there's a big
difference. Most vendors are not attempting -- never mind succeeding at -- world domination. Most vendors haven't been found guilty of abusing monopoly power. Most vendors don't have a stranglehold on the corporate
and consumer desktop markets. Most vendors aren't trying to create secure repositories for their customers' data.
The problem I have with Microsoft's "Trust us, we know
what we're doing" defense is that it's proven wrong so often. Yes, stability and security can exact a toll on performance. But it's time for Microsoft's developers to stop worrying about performance and focus their
priorities on producing secure code. If Microsoft truly cared about this, we would see an eye-rolling, sweat-drenched Steve Ballmer hollering "Security! Security! SECURITY!" to a crowd as excited as any
documented by Third Reich filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl.
Microsoft bashing aside, what this really goes to prove is that something as critical to our personal well being as our digital personas, whether we call
them a PDP or a Microsoft Passport, is that people need to be able to move them as easily as they move cash from one bank account to another.
If Microsoft owns all the PDP/Passport digital persona files, that leaves everyone with the undesirable possibility of becoming another regrettable
collateral damage statistic. This is because everything Microsoft does is proprietary. That is another way of saying, it’s Microsoft’s way or the highway.
Should excessive Jedi hacker attacks finally cause Microsoft to fail, Mutual Fund managers will mourn as hoards of jubilant geeks dance on Microsoft's
grave like Palestinians celebrating the 9-11 attacks. And, the country will go on.
But what if the government owns all the PDP files? The results will be essentially the same, because the government will take a Microsoft-style
proprietary approach. Of course, that is another way of saying, it’s FBI’s way or the slim hope of time off with good behavior.
However, should excessive Jedi hacker attacks finally cause the Federal Government to fail anarchy will prevail. Not good.
The answer is for the government to foster a system that enlists the popular support of Americans with a Constitutional guarantee of digital privacy.
National Synergy In the Information Age
What makes the Internet work is that it uses open standards. These standards are published by non-profit groups for the sole purpose of giving
every manufacture a level playing field, and users in turn enjoy great savings from these level playing fields where competition rules.
For this reason, an open standard for the technical aspects of a PDP initiative is a familiar process for the computer industry and welcomed by
all. But the motive to create an open technical PDP standard will not move forward unless demand warrants it, and what will ensure that demand is the legal protections Americans want and need.
Aside from the technical considerations, a PDP touches on a whole host of Constitutional rights issues. Your rights are already being violated on a
wholesale basis with intrusive programs like the FBI Carnivore program that can read all of your E-mail before your addressee ever sees it, not to
mention your chat room sessions, instant messages, etc. etc.
Since 9-11, the American government has begun overriding the rational complaints of civil libertarians sickened by the loss of Constitutional rights,
because America is at war. Will those who are taking those rights away from Americans return them? Most likely yes, but if this war is to go on for as
long as President Bush is telling us, then it will be someone in the future who will make that decision. Will he or she do it? Or, will we have become so
accustomed to decades of reduced personal liberties that we will forget our hard-earned heritage, or worse yet, value it less than we do today?
This is why those of us alive today who understand and cherish what liberties we have left must demand a Constitutional PDP amendment.
By amending our Constitution, our most sacred body of law, we will do all that is possible to protect our rights as well those of generations to come.
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Yes, Congress could create PDP legislation, but then when Congress legislates, the path to success is typically littered with special interest compromises and pork-barrel projects. On the other hand, we can wait for
the courts to sort it out, but when it comes to new technology, the courts are always slow on the uptake – insufferably slow. By the time the lawyers and
judges had it all figured out for the benefit of the special interests, the country will already be facing the bleak prospects of open sedition and civil
unrest in the general populace. Obviously, the need to bypass these human failings is great and for great things such as a personal privacy, our founding
fathers gave the people a brilliant tool – the ability to change the Constitution through peaceful means.
A Constitutional amendment represents the tip of iceberg of ensuing law, and it emerges from a consensus of the public. It is preceded by public
arguments from all positions by the finest minds in the country as every “what if” question is asked. No stone is left unturned, and the process is of
such important that there is no room for petty politics. It is genuine process of the people.
But then there is the question, what would PDP amendment finally look like? The answer is simple, if it comes into being it will look right because
the American people will be have driven the process and it will be their solution.
Some of the issues we could hope to see discussed are:
The government acknowledges that the individual and not the government will own the PDP. A PDP record cannot be created, modified or deleted without the owner’s permission, or that of a parent
or court appointed guardian.
The PDP is not a required form of identification, and people can access the Internet anonymously or by using their PDP. Likewise, users can block all anonymous Internet contacts such as pedophiles
and spammers through a robust set of owner selected filtering and blocking options.
All PDP records will adhere to an open standard published by a government designated standards organization such as ANSI or IEEE. Proprietary enhancements to the standard are to be banned by
law. The standard is to include formats for all forms of personal information such as banking and credit accounts, medical records,
etc. As new requirements are created, the standards organization will publish revisions on an as needed basis.
PDP owners can use any PDP record storage firm they desire, and can move their record on demand at any time without reason or penalty. Further, PDP record storage firms must comply with Federal
regulatory guidelines set forth for the industry by an agency such as the SEC.
A PDP cannot be used by an owner to shelter acts committed in the planning, commission, or cover-up of a crime. The government, after presenting a signed search warrant to the PDP service provider, can
open a PDP record without the owner’s knowledge.
Anyone using a PDP to illegally harass or harm the owner is subject to all criminal and civil penalties regardless if he or she works for the government. A notice of any access to a PDP by a government
official without a search warrant will be sent to the PDP owner.
No doubt, these issues are but a small taste of what is to come through the arduous process of shaping a Constitutional amendment, but what a
glorious thing it would be for us to show the world how governments and the governed can work together to protect their nation. If they have any doubts
about what we’ve accomplished in the legal sense, our new wealth and enhanced standard of living that will be the result of a more efficient economy, will encourage them to attempt the same.
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