Real ID Bill

Monday, January 14, 2008

Real ID Bill

Real ID in a nutshell is that your driver licenses or ID card will have a chip that can be read your personal information such as your name, addressee, digital picture, birth date, excreta. When you are ready to renew your license be ready to prove who you are. You will need to have your Social Security card, a certified copy of your birth certificate and other documentation to get or renew them no matter how long you have had them.

What you can and can not do without it: Whatever that list may be today it is likely to grow in the “can’t do category” as it gets implemented. It is already more involved than meets the eye. It will be required to board planes and go into federal buildings. That much is being reveled. Not doing these is only a minor inconvenient for many people. But it is also including many state and county buildings, checking accounts, and other financial concerns. If you have open a bank account recently you have learned that it require complying with the Homeland Security Information requirements. Also some states are already indicating on your license whither you have had a DUI charge by putting your picture on sideways. Of course any criminal, drugs, child support, and DUI history will be included. This all may sound okay to you but it is only one step in the government containing complete control.

We are all familiar with the GPS in cell phone and facial recognition software. We are also videotaped several times a day (8 times a day according to some). With the technology we have today by scanning our ID even while it is in our pockets they can now track our movements. Our ID will be put linked the video. Is this being paranoid? No I think so, I believe it is reality. You may think that it will not affect you if you don’t have anything to hide. Great until the government passes something that you don’t agree with and now you are on the wrong side.

Security: There is none. I know that is not what they say but if it is in a computer or on your ID then it is available to people that we would not want to have it. Some examples are we just had 2 lap top computers stolen in Nashville that contained the SS numbers excreta or all the voters in Davidson County (330,000). Next government and financial sites are constancy being compromised. Also I personally know of police in south Florida that runs a business of providing personal information retrieved from the FBI computers to car lots and such to aid in the recovery of property. They charge $150.00 for about 5 minutes of work. It shows your family, friends, SS numbers and more. By chasing your family and friends they can find out a lot about you. It is common practice for bill collectors to call neighbors and get them to go knock on your door or visually check to see if their vehicle is parked in your driveway. Again this may be okay with you but what happens when someone has cut you off in traffic and decides to take it to your home. The security possibilities are endless.

Before you decide that this is being unfounded paranoid, then do your own research on what is happing with this Real ID Act. I don’t believe that we can change it but you can be guaranteed that it will come back to bite you.


Full Text of the Act: http://www.ncsl.org/standcomm/sctran/REAL_ID_Act_of_2005.htm

History of the Real ID Act: http://www.ncsl.org/standcomm/sctran/REAL_ID_Act_of_2005.htm

More to read: http://www.rense.com/general65/realid.htm
http://www.cyberwolfman.com/id_chip_implants.htm
http://www.news.com/Real-ID-creator-Laws-been-misunderstood/2100-7348_3-6179476.html
http://www.news.com/5208-12_3-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=842&messageID=126505&start=0
http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1627_45431-130358--,00.html
http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/07/the-real-id-card-the-machine-readable-you/
http://www.rfid-666.com/