http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/05/06/real-id-act/ Geek News Central is the technical weblog for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a twice weekly tech podcast Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/05/06/real-id-act/comment-page-1/#comment-1965 MissM Sun, 08 May 2005 14:14:35 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/05/06/real-id-act/#comment-1965 From a technical perspective RFID scares the pants off me, not to mention the security of the database, and validation of the documents required for a RealID will be verified by your local DMV clerk???? (Not that they aren't wonderful people, just already overburdened). What about the hundreds of millions of dollars that the states have to spend to comply with the act?? My taxes (state income, property) just went up again. I ask everyone to evaluate the system, without the paranoia of fear, PLEASE! "Will it really make us safer?" P.S. I enjoy the tech nature of this blog, and your podcasts. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> From a technical perspective RFID scares the pants off me, not to mention the security of the database, and validation of the documents required for a RealID will be verified by your local DMV clerk???? (Not that they aren’t wonderful people, just already overburdened). What about the hundreds of millions of dollars that the states have to spend to comply with the act?? My taxes (state income, property) just went up again.
I ask everyone to evaluate the system, without the paranoia of fear, PLEASE!
“Will it really make us safer?”
P.S. I enjoy the tech nature of this blog, and your podcasts.

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/05/06/real-id-act/comment-page-1/#comment-1964 Ben Klausner Sun, 08 May 2005 00:53:33 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/05/06/real-id-act/#comment-1964 Your take on this is simplistic and naive. See <a>this link</a> for some of the immediate implications. Big Brother <i><b>always</b></i> ends up abusing power. To quote Benjamin Franklin, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Your take on this is simplistic and naive. See this link for some of the immediate implications. Big Brother always ends up abusing power. To quote Benjamin Franklin, “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

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