Real ID creator: Law's been misunderstood | CNET News.com
There's a lot of fuss over encrypting the 2D barcode on the Real-ID. But I think that would be easily cracked by criminals.
But that's not the point. What matters is that more and more businesses will start scanning your ID every time they look at it. cashing a check, entering a bar, renting a stroller at the mall, etc. They will get and start tracking much more information than they need. This seem to be a very real concern, but it could also be address without encryption by saying that private companies cannot scan the bar code. Or that goods and services can not be dependent, or even appear to be dependent, on you allowing them to scan your card.
So Encryption is not needed in my opinion, but the data needs to be protected by law.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Real ID misunderstood ?
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Occham's Razor. Instead of adding a new law, which will eventally be worked around by those who want to abuse it...why not scrap the REAL ID barcode crap altogether. Why be an apologist for a bad idea?
Good point, but I was just addressing the "encryption vs. no encryption" issue.
Personally I'm not afraid of a national ID card, or a set of minimum standards for state ID cards.
Fake IDs are simply too easy to get and its too hard to tell if an ID is valid when there are some many different types.
I've honestly never understood the objection to being able to ID someone.
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