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U.S. to work with Big Tech, finance sector on new cybersecurity guidelines

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Re: U.S. to work with Big Tech, finance sector on new cybersecurity guidelines

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I'm thrilled that the government, big tech, and finance are working in lockstep to safeguard my rights and privacy. It's very generous of them.

I rest assured knowing that I will never be locked out of any one of my accounts; should I get on the wrong side of any of them, I'll be locked out of both the financial system, the internet ecosystem, and be on the wrong side of the law, for my own safety and digital health.

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Re: U.S. to work with Big Tech, finance sector on new cybersecurity guidelines

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One area the US government could really make a difference in cyber security is making identify theft more difficult. Currently all you have to do to defraud banks is get your hands on some government issued numbers (social security numbers and driver licenses). If the government created an identify system that was no so easy to impersonate, some types of hacking and data leaks would not longer cause problems to the public.

Re: U.S. to work with Big Tech, finance sector on new cybersecurity guidelines

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One area the US government could really make a difference in cyber security is making identify theft more difficult. Currently all you have to do to defraud banks is get your hands on some government issued numbers (social security numbers and driver licenses). If the government created an identify system that was no so easy to impersonate, some types of hacking and data leaks would not longer cause problems to the p…

Given the push to have vaccination passports and people not pushing back hard on that aspect of privacy, probably pushing through a digital national ID might be as ripe as it’s ever going to be.

Re: U.S. to work with Big Tech, finance sector on new cybersecurity guidelines

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I'm thrilled that the government, big tech, and finance are working in lockstep to safeguard my rights and privacy. It's very generous of them. I rest assured knowing that I will never be locked out of any one of my accounts; should I get on the wrong side of any of them, I'll be locked out of both the financial system, the internet ecosystem, and be on the wrong side of the law, for my own safety and digital health.…

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