AT&T and Verizon want to manage your identity across websites and apps

AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US, and Sprint unveiled a system that would let them manage your logins across third-party websites and apps. The \system would verify each person's identity with "a multi-factor profile based around the user's personal mobile device," taking into account the user's phone number, account tenure, IP address, phone account type, and SIM card details. The system "combines the carriers' proprietary, network-based authentication capabilities with other methods to verify a user's identity," the carriers say. Users would be able to log in to Project Verify-linked sites or apps by selecting the verify option within those apps or sites. The Project Verify app would let them manage which sites and apps are linked to their mobile identity. But do you want your carrier managing your logins across the websites and apps you use on your phone? AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint aren't exactly the tech industry's best protectors of security and privacy.