AGAINST ID CARDS

[Declan McCullagh]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 06:41:44PM -0400, Arnold G. Reinhold wrote:
> I too am very nervous about the prospect of national ID cards.  I 
> have an idea for a possible compromise, but I have not made up my 
> mind on it. I'm interested in hearing other people's opinions.
> 
> The idea is a federal standard for secure  drivers' licenses. These 

This idea isn't a new one, at least in principle. It's come up 
a few times before.

-Declan


http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,20881,00.html
WASHINGTON -- If Representative Lamar Smith has his way, your driver's
license will soon sport your Social Security number, whether you like
it or not. It may also include microchips encoded with your
fingerprints and other personal data. Government agencies will no
longer accept as identification licenses that don't meet the new
standards...

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,15635,00.html
WASHINGTON -- When the staff at the conservative Free Congress
Foundation learned Thursday that legislation postponing a federal plan
to standardize US driver's licenses was in trouble...

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,21607,00.html
WASHINGTON -- A New Hampshire company began planning in 1997 to create
a national identity database for the federal government, newly
disclosed documents show...





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