Microwave disables the strip? Or was it the freezer? Passports have them too, at least the new ones do.
-----Original Message----- From: Mixon Bill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:07 PM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] Big Brother Nobody has mentioned that we've had to give a thumbprint to get a Texas driver's licence for at least ten years now. What the hell does a thumbprint have to do with a driver's license, you may well ask. Well, my understanding it that it was a federal mandate having something to do with tracking down deadbeat dads who haven't been paying child support. The magnetic strip on my current driver's license probably won't work, because I've made a point of trying to erase it, without any way to tell for sure that I have. Not that it can be read remotely, but if anybody ever wants to scan it, I probably won't be in a very cooperative mood. Nobody ever scanned the last one I had. Of course, with the new driver's licenses we're supposed to be getting soon, there will be a lot more irrelevant stuff on them. Probably there will be some easy trick to disable the RFI chip in the new licenses--something more subtle than drilling a hole through it. Of course, the more paranoid among us will never, ever use a tollway pass....-- Mixon ---------------------------------------- A fearless man cannot be brave. ---------------------------------------- You may "reply" to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: [email protected] AMCS: [email protected] or [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
