NinjasLeadTheWay
04-29-2014, 11:43 AM
Mary is tired of remembering dozens of user names and passwords, so she obtains a digital credential from
her Internet service provider that is stored on a smart card Now that she has the smart card, she is also
willing to conduct more sensitive transactions, like managing her healthcare, online One morning, she
inserts the smart card into her computer, and uses the credential on it to “run” some errands, including:
• Logging in to her bank and obtaining digital cash;
• Buying a sweater at a new online retailer—without having to open an account;
• Signing documents to refinance her mortgage;
• Reading the note her doctor left in her personal health record, in response to the blood sugar statistics
she had uploaded the day before;
• Sending an email to confirm dinner with a friend; and
• Checking her day’s schedule on her employer’s intranet portal
In just minutes, she is done with her errands and has plenty of time to stop at the local coffee shop on her
way to work
Yes, the smartcard system in the military is fucking brilliant and reliable. No, thanks. Go fuck yourself. This isn't China.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/NSTICstrategy_041511.pdf
her Internet service provider that is stored on a smart card Now that she has the smart card, she is also
willing to conduct more sensitive transactions, like managing her healthcare, online One morning, she
inserts the smart card into her computer, and uses the credential on it to “run” some errands, including:
• Logging in to her bank and obtaining digital cash;
• Buying a sweater at a new online retailer—without having to open an account;
• Signing documents to refinance her mortgage;
• Reading the note her doctor left in her personal health record, in response to the blood sugar statistics
she had uploaded the day before;
• Sending an email to confirm dinner with a friend; and
• Checking her day’s schedule on her employer’s intranet portal
In just minutes, she is done with her errands and has plenty of time to stop at the local coffee shop on her
way to work
Yes, the smartcard system in the military is fucking brilliant and reliable. No, thanks. Go fuck yourself. This isn't China.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/NSTICstrategy_041511.pdf