National ID Cards
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- randoman0
I don't see why they need to bother advertising these ID cards on the news or in the media anyway... it's not all that intresting imo.. so theres a new ID, or new this or that - how long is that gonna hold my attention span for?
I much prefer learning about Jacko and Britney while I eat my 6:00 dinner, please don't bother me with the inner workings of politics, leave it to our elected representatives... sh*t I really hope my tax money is going to use, why intrupt my world with this crap? I've got about 400 things on my TIVO waiting to distract me at a moments notice, who wants to bother with this?
- mrdobolina0
it's a slippery slope, I think.
- TheTick0
Mmmm hmmm. I'm an old generation Xer. About ten years ago I read some stupid book that said that Gen Y (whatever that means but I am assuming it"s most of you) would be all trusting of the government and want to participate and support blah blah blah. Sure. Right. Like I trust governemnt. Like I trust THIS government? One that lied to go to war? That probably rigged an election. Sure - let them implement a national ID card in the middle of the night with not a peep in the mainstream media? Sure yup. Sounds great...
Guess so. And this is how freedom ends - with applause.
ANd I'll only be paranoid until the day you all realize I was right.
- JazX0
I'm all for it. People are way too paranoid. Like the government has the manpower or resources to track the movements of 295,734,134 people (pop as of July 04).
Geith
(May 10 05, 19:10)exactly, people are being WAY too paranoid
- peteski0
good point about living in euro land, I'd like to see one of these winers try to get a german driver's license (I gots one).
- beagle0
it feels like putting all your eggs in one basket
- Geith0
I'm all for it. People are way too paranoid. Like the government has the manpower or resources to track the movements of 295,734,134 people (pop as of July 04).
- JazX0
Mine better be pink and have roses around it
- jco0
the mark of the beast
vote yes to amendment No. 666 today!
- ribit0
related to this.... they've already come up with a solution for the data security on 'smart' passports which still allows fast scanning of data at airports... I think it's something like the data stripe will only give out short-range wireless-data if a laser scanner thing is sending a request to the strip, with a changing encryption key, meaning the passport has to be open to recieve the beam with the encryption information (so theres no way to query the strip over wireless when the passport is closed), and anyone listening in on wireless wont be able to decrypt it.
- randoman0
Well from what I gathered it would consolidate information into one ID which would be optimal. Biometrics is another plus IMO cause like I said it prevents others from using your ID which is essential, and probably the worst case seniro in any circumstance involving ID. I do agree on the RFID tho... having this thing literally broadcast data is not a great idea. I think a simle magnetic strip would be more secure.
As far as someone using the ID or the info on it to track, snoop, or harress you.. sh*t, if someone really wanted to go out of their way to do this they could right now... it's been done since forever and it's called stalking.
- QuincyArcher0
from another thread:
"Remember that everyone's ass is as unique as a fingerprint."
now theres your answer
rasko4
(May 10 05, 14:51)
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more brilliant words have never been uttered.
- rasko40
from another thread:
"Remember that everyone's ass is as unique as a fingerprint."
now theres your answer
- olive0
At least you could open a bank account straight away. When I moved to the UK it took me 2 months, and I had already 6000 quid in wages, and they didn't even want to open an account then. This was in 98. A friend of mine (French) was working in London for a year and didn't manage to open an account at all, he did everything with his account in France (which cost him a fortune in exchange)
- ribit0
remember in some REALLY free countries the police cant demand any ID unless you are operating a motor vehicle or something like that. It's part of a 'small government' approach, and protection against future tyrannical governments.
on the other hand, i'd like to have a really useful ID that can do all sorts of stuff easily...
- QuincyArcher0
Martial Law has been declared
Stay in Your Homes.
mrdobolina
(May 10 05, 14:12)SHUT UP! BE HAPPY! obey all orders without question!
i love jello biafra...
but my resistence to national ID cards is three fold.
1. it's been said, we already have so many forms of identification, i don't want another. people are still going to ask for SSN, driver's license, and is some cases birth certificates. I've seen nothing that says that the id cards will consolidate these.
2. RFID chips will be used...which means that your information can be read from afar, without your consent.
3. if you ever lost the thing, you'd be screwed!
- todelete__20
my shirt is itchy
- rasko40
i thought everyone carried eyeballs around in their pocket?
they go well with the ears on my necklace
- mrdobolina0
I want retina scans, so I can carry around eyeballs in my pocket.
- rasko40
I am building up a cache of peashooters, catapults and conkers.