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Re:Obama administration moves forward with unique Internet I... by redial on Sunday January 09, 2011 @04:25PM (#2086463)
What about facebook? they are as close as it gets to a centralized database. It's opt-in and tons of sites already support the 'facebook id'.
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Re:Obama administration moves forward with unique Internet I... by shotgun on Sunday January 09, 2011 @07:26PM (#2086931)
Didn't the lesser known founder of Facebook take leave and get in bed with the Obama White House?
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Re:Obama administration moves forward with unique Internet I... by pyre on Sunday January 09, 2011 @09:14PM (#2087169)
They're getting Google in on this too. I can't imagine that Google will give no push-back against the idea that FacebookConnect becomes a national Internet ID.
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Re:Obama administration moves forward with unique Internet I... by shotgun on Sunday January 09, 2011 @09:15PM (#2087171)
Good point. Maybe free market forces will help after all...

Edit: Google probably stands the gain more from this initiative than Facebook if it can cleverly integrate it with Google Me.

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