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... --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
