National ID card

[ylexot]

See, I'm totally diggin' on that. I'd love to have a chip implanted in my wrist or something that operates as my SS number, my credit card, my driver's license, my ATM card, my CVS and Safeway customer card....and maybe they could throw in a cellphone so I can talk to my wrist like Inspector Gadget. Throw in a key to my house, my office and my car and I'm all set.

Strange as it may sound, an implant system would be less secure. An implant system would have to work on a close proximity RF system (unless you want to implant electrical contacts too). So, any interrogation system within a couple inches would have access to all of the data on the implant. That includes somebody with a briefcase containing an interrogation system standing next to you. Your ID could be stolen without you even knowing it. A card, on the other hand, would have to be physically stolen. That is far easier for you to notice and report.

 

[Vince]

See, I'm totally diggin' on that. I'd love to have a chip implanted in my wrist or something that operates as my SS number, my credit card, my driver's license, my ATM card, my CVS and Safeway customer card....and maybe they could throw in a cellphone so I can talk to my wrist like Inspector Gadget. Throw in a key to my house, my office and my car and I'm all set.

No thank you. They can come up with all the ID cards they want, but when they talk about surgically implanting a chip in my azz, they can forget it.

 

[SamSpade]

Yeah, I was just thinking, what is gained by having a national ID? What is the scenario in which bad guys would get caught due to a national ID?

Easy. Cops see terrorists planting C-4 and setting timers in the Capitol, and ask to see their National ID badges. They look at each other and then at the cops and say "we don't need no stinkin' badges!" and run like hell.

 

[czygvtwkr]

Yeah, I was just thinking, what is gained by having a national ID? What is the scenario in which bad guys would get caught due to a national ID?

Even though it was not intended as such your social security number is currently being used as a national ID by everything from the DMV to credit card companies. A national ID card could be used to seperate ones financial well being from their identification. It would also eliminate the 50+ (one for each state?) different types that police have to be able to recognize what is real and what is fake. It would also take a huge toll on the fake ID for buying alcohol buisness.

So my arguement for a national ID is that we basically already have one that was never intended to be one and it currently creates problems.

 

[virgovictoria]

Where could all of this lead.....

:MinorityReport:

Just thinking about the progression of National ID to chipping to retinal scanning and "eye dentification"... so, if you've seen the movie, think about some of the ins and outs along the plot - not necessarily the precognitive prediction of murder and falliability, etc.. but what technology and govt will do when hand and hand, skipping like school girls.

Anyhoo..

 

[ylexot]

Easy. Cops see terrorists planting C-4 and setting timers in the Capitol, and ask to see their National ID badges. They look at each other and then at the cops and say "we don't need no stinkin' badges!" and run like hell.

And that's different from asking for driver's lisence, passport, etc. how?