ID Card On Its Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCLu83rppmA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fMup0a7xE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzSqbHFM1T4
I bet their mothers are proud of them.

[piercehawkeye45]

I was never told about an award...

We either didn't have it or our company probably took the money anyways. I am going to be honest with you and say that I had no idea how to spot a stolen one either.

[Aliantha]

Do you have a system in the US where you can get your picture on your credit card? For face to face purchases this is a great protection for the owner of the card, if the vendor remembers to look at the picture.

Still doesn't protect you against fraud online though.

[Clodfobble]

Speaking of credit card fraud protection... my local gas station has recently started a policy where after swiping your card at the pump, you have to enter your billing zip code before it will authorize. Anyone else seen this in your area?

Actually, it will just foil adults... kids will be the ones to make workable ones first.

[Ibby]

I think rkzenrage has it there. As long as there is any need for ID, there will be children who can fake them.

[Clodfobble]

Baloney. Kids can't effectively counterfeit money, and there's a pretty good incentive to try and do so...

[tw]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Baloney. Kids can't effectively counterfeit money, and there's a pretty good incentive to try and do so...

Cherry Hill NJ - the (I think it was 12 year old) was told he must learn how to make money. So he did so. Cafeteria worker only got suspicious when she saw the size of his wad of twenty dollar bills.

Meanwhile, the fact remains. We need an ID so that we can identify who we are (we control it) and so that we can protect our ID. No such system exists AND government intends only a national ID for their purposes.

So now we must carry a state ID (driver's license) and Federal ID? "Show me your papers" is an expression found in totalitarian nations - and to become part of a nation that has Fatherland Security. With all that security, we still will have no way to protect and control our own ID.

[Kitsune]

Got my replacement FL DL in the mail, yesterday, and since this one isn't so scratched up you can see all the little details in it.

Besides the 1D and 2D barcodes on the back, the mag stripe, and holograms, my photograph appears three times on the front: one full size and two smaller ones, with one of the smaller ones only visible under a blacklight. Also visible under UV light is my last name on top of the large photograph with a four digit number under it that doesn't seem to mean much of anything. No idea if there is an RFID inside or not. I'll dig the remains of my previous ID and throw it in the microwave to see what happens.

[monster]

It's all academic for me anyway, seeing as I'm "required" to carry my greencard at all times. Of course no-one accepts that as proof of ID either, despite it having my full life story, fingerprint, photo and deepest, darkest secrets emblazoned on the front. And lots of pretty holograms on the back. Of course, though, seeing as you lot don't have to carry one, I can get away without it too 'cause they got no proof I ain't one of ya!

[Happy Monkey]

A quid is a pound and a bob is your uncle.

I thought it was the favored food of sperm whale.

[monster]

The 20p and 50p pieces are heptagonal rather than round. Which is why Ron was fascinated by the "weird shape" in the first Harry Potter book. In case any one had been wondering.