Big Brother has arrived-NY State Inserts Radio Transmitters Into Driver Licenses

[DREDIOCK]

But hey. If your doing nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about. Right?


NY State Inserts Radio Transmitters Into Driver Licenses
by Tim Stevens, posted Sep 18th 2008 at 11:25AM

What can we say about RFIDs -- those radio chips embedded in highway toll readers and the like -- that hasn't already made you afraid? Your passport? Clonable. Your work ID and "secure" credit cards? Yeah, those too. Not scary enough? How about every adult New Yorker walking around with one in their back pocket?

It's just a matter of time, as the Empire State's clearly enhanced driver licenses (says so right on 'em) are now hitting the streets. For $30 on a new one -- or $10 if you're looking to upgrade -- you can get yourself a radio-wave emitting ID, enabling you to cross the border into Mexico, Canada, or the Caribbean sans-passport.

Don't worry, the cards won't be broadcasting any personal information -- just a unique code that the government can use to track your every movement
http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/edl-main.htm

[rpm]

If you have a US Passport, you've been rfid tagged for years.

[Hangtime]

I sell jammers.

Fifty bucks...  can I put you down for two? Or, for 375$ I can sell you a tracker so you can find out where she's been hangin all day.

[DREDIOCK]

If you have a US Passport, you've been rfid tagged for years.

nope

Hmmm I wonder how well these things handle microwaves

[Leslie]

Well, it has been there for years, if they wanna find out about you they will.  Nothing you can do about it.  I recommend not worrying.



Les

[rpm]

nope

yep

[DREDIOCK]

yep

By nope I meant I dont have a passport lol

[Anaxogoras]

If you have a US Passport, you've been rfid tagged for years.

New one on me.

[rpm]

By nope I meant I dont have a passport lol

Sorry, thought you ment they were'nt tagged. It's inside the back cover. Started after 9/11.

[SD67]

Most of those people with a mobile phone surgically attached to their bodies also can be tracked pretty reliably as well.

[Jackal1]

Most of those people with a mobile phone surgically attached to their bodies also can be tracked pretty reliably as well.

 

[DREDIOCK]

Sorry, thought you ment they were'nt tagged. It's inside the back cover. Started after 9/11.

LOL My mother for some reason was shocked to find out a couple months ago that I dont have a passport.

"I dont know why.
I've never left the country.
and unless you know something I dont. I have no immediate plans for leaving the country
so why would I need a passport?"

[john9001]

License? We don need no steeking license.

[2bighorn]

If you have a US Passport, you've been rfid tagged for years.

You carry passport everywhere you go?

[MiloMorai]

You carry passport everywhere you go?

I carry my Canadian passport every time I go to Quebec.