Google Confirms It Aims to Own Your Online ID

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/google-confirms-it-aims-to-own-your-online-id-08292011.html

Amid a furor over Google+'s ban on pseudonymity and anonymity, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt just admitted the company intends to be an 'identity service"

More @ http://gigaom.com/2011/08/10/how-social-search-is-changing-the-search-industry-2/

Carvin asked the Google chairman about the company’s reasoning for pushing its real-name policies on Google+—a policy that many have criticized (including us) because it excludes potentially valuable viewpoints that might be expressed by political dissidents and others who prefer to remain anonymous.

In effect, Schmidt said Google isn’t interested in changing its policies to accommodate those kinds of users: If people want to remain anonymous, he said, then they shouldn’t use Google+.

**Opinion**

Hmm, remember that big meeting that included Pres. Obama and the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Apple? You sure have to wonder what was discussed. Is government working with technology and internet gurus/market dominators to help dictate future happenings?! Lastly, I've never cared for Google+.