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NY issues its RealID card

NY issues its RealID cardre: NY issues its RealID card[i]Your privacy truly is at stake in the REAL ID debate. But in my view, it's the opponents of secure identification who pose the greatest risk. Without REAL ID, you are far more likely to endure one of the worst privacy...

Tags: Real ID Rebellion, REAL ID, NY Issues, RealID card, RealID, card

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

Senate takes step away from Real ID

Senate takes step away from Real IDMorons AboundHow can the Senate not vote for a Real ID Bill? You have some of the biggest document fraud cases in history coming from illegal aliens trying to enter the American workforce. The social security card is a joke. You can take a...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, social security card, RealID, REAL ID, immigration bill, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2007-06-27

MT launches anti-RealID revolution, bans DMV from complying with federal law

MT launches anti-RealID revolution, bans DMV from complying with federal lawRealIDHomeland Security says a person without such a drivers license cannot board a COMMERCIAL flight, or enter a Federal building. If enough States reject this Real-ID law, then the COMMERCIAL Airlines will suffer. Now, how long will that last? When...

Tags: SECURITY, Semiconductors, RealID, anti-RealID, homeland security

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

What's wrong with RealID?

What's wrong with RealID?Increased secuirty yes but will it be better?Having controls in place so people who shouldn't get a drivers license or other id card (birth cert, ssn, etc.) is good. But what I have a hard time with is by integrating all of our systems on one...

Tags: Social Security, Government, Operational accounting, drivers license, RealID, security

Discussion threads 2007-04-06

What's wrong with RealID?

Phil Libin, president of CoreStreet, an ID management firm, writes a perspective piece at CNET in which he questions the strong backlash against RealID. Security is a mess under the current systems. Methods of collecting, verifying and storing background data differ from state to state, as do the...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, RFID, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-05

The trouble with RealID is RFID

The trouble with RealID is RFIDHATE RFIDmassive invasion of privacy and record keeping for individuals. fools would believe this is secure. IT IS NOT. no tags for me. no tracking - thank you. big brother - go away.

Tags: RealID, RFID

Discussion threads 2006-10-02

The trouble with RealID is RFID

Thomas A. Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, has an opinion piece in CIO, where he lambastes the RealID law - that's the law under driver's licenses will have to be updated into national ID cards, essentially - for requiring either RFID chips or 2D mag strips, both of...

Tags: chip

Blog posts 2006-02-08

Coalition questions RFID in RealID cards

In a case of unlikely bedfellows, a coalition of conservative and civil libertarian groups have joined forces in a letter to DHS' Chertoff to complain that RFID is too expensive and too insecure to put into the national ID card that is RealID. The letter reads: ...

Tags: RealID Card, RFID, Citizens Against Government Waste

Blog posts 2006-01-20

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News to know: IE vs Chrome; Microsoft's TV pack; Oracle; Pandora CEO

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Should Microsoft do an IE 8 'Lite'? Larry Dignan: Google: Chrome likely to land on Mac before Linux Ed Bott: TV...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft TV, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., TV, E-mail, Open Source, Tv & Home Theater, Online Communications, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-09-19

NY issues its RealID card

In a move that some fear as the harbinger of a national ID card, New York this week launched its version of the "enhanced" driver's license, complete with RFID chip and good for land and sea crossings to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. by Richard Koman

Tags: REAL ID, Card, New York, Times, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Officials say PR campaign may boost Real ID popularity

Officials say PR campaign may boost Real ID popularitygiven sufficient PRcould one could convince others to sell their souls (to the devil, DMV, junta du juor, mao-mart, MS, etc, and et al?)???Just askin', but pretty much thinkin', a resouding YES!:o)RE: Officials say PR campaign may boost Real ID popularitySScrew Chertoff...

Tags: Government, REAL ID, Officials say PR, Real ID popularity

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

NH passes second anti-RealID bill; this time gov will sign

NH passes second anti-RealID bill; this time gov will signWay to go, New Hampshire!Well done, New Hampshire. Now if Virginia would only follow NH's lead....RealID, No WayHooray for New Hampshire and any other State to deny accepting this sort of intrusive legislation from the Federal Government. Fight it...

Tags: anti-RealID, gov

Discussion threads 2007-06-12

NH passes second anti-RealID bill; this time gov will sign

The New Hampshire House voted to pass a bill forbidding the state from complying with the federal RealID Act, which the legistlation termed "repugnant," reports the Associated Press. This is the second time New Hampshire, one of two states picked to pilot the Real ID program, has proposed to...

Tags: State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2007-06-11

Anti-Real ID rebellion comes to the Senate

The debate rages on over citizen privacy rights versus government standards for drivers licenses, reports the Washington Post. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) stood his ground over protecting citizen privacy by stating that he would support a repeal of the RealID Act, a 2005 law that...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Privacy, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-05-09

Deadline today for comments on RealID

The deadline to file comments on the Real ID Act is 5pm ET on Tuesday, May 8, Declan McCullagh reports on the News.com blog. If you want to object or offer praise to the idea, a website called Privacy Coalition is set up to send in comments on...

Tags: Privacy, Homeland security, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-05-08

MT launches anti-RealID revolution, bans DMV from complying with federal law

The Real ID Revolt took root today as Montana enacted the first state law to reject the 2005 national law. When Gov. Brian Schweitzer D signed legislation April 17 banning the states motor vehicles department from enforcing the Real ID rules, he likely opened the floodgates for other states to...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, RFID, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-17

Protecting identity credentials is costly

Last night, at a talk on public policy and identity, Jim Harper gave an interesting example of why creating stronger credentials doesnt necessarily result in greater security. He held up a $20 bill and a $1 bill and noted that the first had undergone two upgrades in the...

Tags: General, IT Management, Security, Legal, identity credential

Blog posts 2006-12-01

Biometric IDs may be wave of future

As the time nears for the launch of biometric-laden ID cards for federal employees, manufacturers have their eyes on the real prize - driver's licenses. With a federal law that requires states to issue smart driver's licenses - loaded with biomeric data - vendors see the new federal IDs as...

Tags: card, new card

Blog posts 2006-08-28

Is RealID an unfunded mandate? Rep. says no

The RealID Act requires states to meet a set of requirements for state's driver's licenses. Governors and other state executives have complained that the law, which doesn't specifically allocate funds to meet those requirements is an "unfunded mandate."Last month, at the National Governors Association meeting, governors issued a press release...

Tags: unfunded mandate

Blog posts 2005-09-14