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Internet ID Obama - US President Barack Obama has tapped the Commerce Department over federal security agencies to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official announced Friday. White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt, who made the announcement, told attendees at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research that “we need the private sector to lead the implementation of this” as opposed to national security agencies, adding that “I don’t have to get a credential if I don’t want to.” There is no chance that “a centralized database will emerge” from the project, Cyberczar Schmidt insisted. Internet ID Obama