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Mnuchin Argues Against National ID For Every Citizen

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 14th, 2017

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Mnuchin Argues Against National ID For Every Citizen

Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin. Photo: Department of the Treasury

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday said the U.S. should not create national identification numbers for its citizens, warning against centralizing to much personal information and avoiding a single point of failure in the event of a compromise.Mnuchin said there are “some quarters” in the U.S. that gravitate toward calling for a national ID but said this isn’t the American way.“Whatever solution we develop for identification and authentication must reflect the strong value we place on decentralization,” the Treasury chief…

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