[kredd]

Eh, we could kinda resolve the problem by having a government auth system, and you can get some OpenID like response from it. Then private companies could just use that for identification (like in Sweden, a lot of apps have that BankID or whatever its called). We have something similar in Canada in a couple of provinces, but they’re exposed to government portals only.

However bringing that theme into US is a no-brainer because of the distrust in the government or some other issues.

[JohnFen]

I would very strongly prefer the government do this over a private company. The government already knows my identity anyway, so I lose nothing. Plus, I think that the greatest threats to our freedom and liberty in the US comes from corporations rather than the government.