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Originally Posted by Toymented
After lengthy consideration, I must admit I'm having a difficult time imagining how a change of identification method is going to lead to some sort of "police state."
I already have a driver's license, social security card and passport. What difference does it make if this information is consolidated?
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Who controls when and how your ID is accessed and used? Who determines what is and is not in that database? And who has the power to confirm your ID security is not compromised? In this president's proposals for a National ID program, none of that is addressed. His program is not for your ID security. His program is for government security. A massive difference exists between what WE need and what HE wants. But again, read that entire and previous discussion in
A National ID Card.
Where does a driver's license, social security card, or passport serve your needs as proof of identity AND so that you can protect your own identity? None do AND none were intended as personal ID. They were only intended for police type purposes - except SS which was never intended for most anything we use it today. Using SS for identity is probably a biggest reason for ID theft. Obviously. What was the strategic objective of a SS number? If you are not thinking this way, then you are all but inviting government to institute a police state. Much reading to do in
A National ID Card before posting again. Always keep asking yourself what those ID serve – you or a government security function?
Even a driver’s license is not acceptable ID proof. But if we have no other method, then we use driver’s licenses. Why is a driver’s license not acceptable as ID proof? Should be obvious after reading that previous discussion.