FC: Microsoft pulls an Oracle: Passport to ID nearly all U.S. citizens?

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu Apr 18 2002 - 10:57:50 PDT

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     From the Politech archives:
    
    "Oracle's Larry Ellison lobbies hard for National ID card"
    http://www.politechbot.com/p-02680.html
    
    In the end, responsibility for such a decision rests with the George W. 
    Bush administration. But it is reasonable to wonder how much Microsoft 
    lobbied for what would be a very, very lucrative contract.
    
    -Declan
    
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    Subject: Feds in bed with Microsoft
    Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:43:20 -0500
    From: Andy Ringsmuth <andyringat_private>
    To: "Declan McCullagh" <declanat_private>
    
    Declan, saw this over on Slashdot. The Seattle Times is reporting that
    Mark Forman, associate director of information technology at the White
    House (or 'America's CIO', as he bills himself) has said the feds are
    considering the use of Microsoft's Passport technology to ID every
    citizen and every business seeking access to government services online.
    This is about as scary as it gets.
    
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134438173_passport18.html
    
    Please, Declan, urge Politech readers to write (literal, old-fashioned
    pen and paper, I think that makes the most impact) congressional
    representatives and tell them why this is such a bad idea, and for so
    many reasons.
    
    -Andy Ringsmuth
    andyringat_private
    
    
    
    
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