<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM, John Kemp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@jkemp.net">john@jkemp.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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What services would the US government offer someone whose identity is asserted by a foreign IdP?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm planning to travel to Russia in the middle of October and I need to get a Visa in order to visit.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It would be useful if I could register with the Russian government somehow to transact business and obtain a Visa.</div><div><br></div><div>I imagine the same thing would be true were the government to make it easier for foreign nationals, visitors, or students to make use of its web services to plan visits or obtain Visas.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The fact that many of these transactions happen using slow and archaic means do not mean that they're better, more secure, or more privacy-protecting. They're just more familiar and feature their own risks.</div>
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