Comments on: REAL ID real scary http://realityme.net/2008/02/06/real-id-real-scary/ A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary. Tue, 08 May 2012 12:56:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Doug McCaughan http://realityme.net/2008/02/06/real-id-real-scary/comment-page-1/#comment-64202 Doug McCaughan Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:02:47 +0000 http://realityme.net/2008/02/06/real-id-real-scary/#comment-64202 Despite the post title I haven't passed judgment on Real ID yet. On Max Headroom, citizens had one payment stick that was their id and the way transactions were handled. Seems like a good concept. My keychain has 10 store discount cards on it and my wallet has another. My wallet also carries several reward cards that after x number of purchase get me something. Then there is the multiple credit cards, social security card, voter's registration card, library card, and other various ids. I have long thought that at birth we should be given an id for life. An id I could swipe at the grocery and instruct the cashier to which account to apply the charge. I should be able to associate or disassociate banks, credit cards, etc with that one id. That id should actually be replaced with my finger print. All that said, I should be a huge advocate of the Real ID. I'm not sure that with the current political climate that this is the correct time to introduce the Real ID. I also do not think I should have to present an ID to enter a Federal building. That becomes a tool to bar government access from the citizenry. Despite the post title I haven’t passed judgment on Real ID yet. On Max Headroom, citizens had one payment stick that was their id and the way transactions were handled. Seems like a good concept. My keychain has 10 store discount cards on it and my wallet has another. My wallet also carries several reward cards that after x number of purchase get me something. Then there is the multiple credit cards, social security card, voter’s registration card, library card, and other various ids. I have long thought that at birth we should be given an id for life. An id I could swipe at the grocery and instruct the cashier to which account to apply the charge. I should be able to associate or disassociate banks, credit cards, etc with that one id. That id should actually be replaced with my finger print. All that said, I should be a huge advocate of the Real ID. I’m not sure that with the current political climate that this is the correct time to introduce the Real ID.

I also do not think I should have to present an ID to enter a Federal building. That becomes a tool to bar government access from the citizenry.

]]> By: Barry http://realityme.net/2008/02/06/real-id-real-scary/comment-page-1/#comment-64196 Barry Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:22:15 +0000 http://realityme.net/2008/02/06/real-id-real-scary/#comment-64196 Heaven help we might try to use technology to make something more efficient... :) Heaven help we might try to use technology to make something more efficient… :)

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