Identity Protection

I do not go through YouTube a whole lot, but I do surf the internet for general information. Well I was looking up something on Cyber Identity I came across an article at this site:
http://www.gsa.gov/gsa/cm_attachments/GSA_DOCUMENT/13-MexicoCIdentity_R2GVIV_0Z5RDZ-i34K-pR.htm

It was written by a Dr. Raymundo Herrera. He suggests that basically everything on the net sent between people should be encrypted because online communication as it is now has no real security. He states that there should be a central server that assigns these encryption keys to users so that they can keep track of which keys are being used and by whom. Further, he states it can help other users keep messages confidential if they send their messages encrypted with the wrong recipients key. The key won't be able to decrypt the message, so the original user knows he sent the message to the guy.

You guys can read the rest. It is my opinion Dr. Herrera's ideas are overkill for their intended purposes. First, not many of the people who use the internet would want to take that much time to send a message or access information (and some do not know enough about computers to be able to handle all the encryption and decryption necessary). Second, a central server keeping track of everyone will let governments know what people are speaking about online. The internet, to me, is supposed to be a place filled with information and where a person's identity is ambiguous except to just a few other users. And last, while the legal ideas are good, if someone does not want to worry about the works they post online being taken, they do have options. They can chose not to put their work online, or if they do, make sure their work appears in a special window where certain commands, such as copy and paste or print page (or any similar commands), are not allowed to function.

It is my opinion, while Dr. Herrera's ideas are good, they are overkill for the job and have a great potential to go beyond simple identity protection.

-Chase