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-Jim P.

On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 16:32 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 16:15 -0400, Randal Jarrett wrote:
> > Bad news follows good!!
> > [snip]
> > The worst part is the completely machine-readable/automatic 
> > nature of the thing -- you might not even know you're giving 
> > your information away." 
> 
> Isn't that exactly the state of the current mess?  How many
> "unauthorized consumer information disclosures" were reported in the
> past 6 months, how many weren't reported?  Thieves are abusing the
> current ID situation so much that drivers licenses are as bad a joke as
> social security cards.  
> 
> Frankly the US States have done a horrible job of issuing consistent
> quality IDs.  Most banks consider your ATM card (w/ picture) better ID
> than your state drivers license.   Even college ID cards are better
> managed than state issued IDs.
> 
> I'm not 100% for a national ID, but I am 100% for a national standard
> for ID as well as a national standard for retention of personal data.
> 
> Btw, my US Passport trumps all other ID no matter where I go.  The US
> government did get it right with Passports, and they probably will get
> it right with something like RealID.
> 
> Let me know if they start talking about tattooing it across your
> forehead. ;-)
> 
> -Jim P. 
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