A related article on driver's license scanning by some US clubs:
Quote: Bouncers pat down male patrons and politely ask for IDs. They swipe everyone's driver's license through a small, yellow electronic box that reads a bar code and instantly displays the customer's age.
Club managers love the gadget, and it's rapidly becoming standard issue at the bigger clubs in Manhattan, New Jersey and elsewhere.
But the box does more than just check birth dates. It also retains the customer's name, address, license number -- even height, weight and eye color. All that information then can easily be downloaded into a computer system.
Most patrons have no idea their information is being electronically stored -- nor are they asked if they mind...
full article:
http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/b...151690.xml&coll=1
I have it, on very good authority, that in the VERY near future, the US Govt will require, yes require, ALL states to issue a Driver's License with a damn chip embedded in it. Theory being that ANY license holder can be instantly located with GPS.
I told my source, a SC Highway Cop that I doubted that would fly, definite invasion of privacy, there will be a class action lawsuit filed quickly, challenging it. It is not a rumor, the Cop had attended a seminar for all the Cops in his division, that very day.
Problem is, until its resolved, the licenses WILL be in use because, for one reason, the Feds will with-hold any highway use funds from any State that doesnt comply.
Quote:But the box does more than just check birth dates. It also retains the customer's name, address, license number -- even height, weight and eye color. All that information then can easily be downloaded into a computer system.
Most patrons have no idea their information is being electronically stored -- nor are they asked if they mind...
Invasion of privacy, identity theft, lack of government oversight, ACLU, scary-----------all words and phrases that come to mind upon reading this. 8)
Quote:I have it, on very good authority, that in the VERY near future, the US Govt will require, yes require, ALL states to issue a Driver's License with a damn chip embedded in it. Theory being that ANY license holder can be instantly located with GPS.
This is too much. Anyone know of a country/place where government still knows it's frickin place??
