[OT] Help kill the Surveillance State Bill

[Brian]

Yeah, that wearable computer guy in Seattle or Toronto I think.

Interesting idea, but pointless.  If you go to buy a 1/5 of Jack Daniels
(for example) you have to show ID.  YOU are the one initiating a sequence of
events that you know will setoff a request for your ID.  It is not "sane" to
require a store clerk, for instance, to show you their ID in order for them
to see yours.  This basic scenario is true in several (maybe even most?)
cases where you would be asked to present ID.

If some random person comes along and requests to see your ID, then it would
be normal for you to want to identify them first and in return.  But this is
really a solution looking for a problems in most cases. 

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> Michael ODonnell
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> Subject: Re: [OT] Help kill the Surveillance State Bill 
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> I recently read about some guy who built himself a "wallet" 
> (not really small enough to count as wallet-sized, more like 
> VHS cassette-sized) that has a card reader built in and will 
> not open until a card is swiped, so when somebody asks him 
> for his ID they can read the visible text portion of his ID 
> card (where it's stored inside the wallet) though a small 
> window but if they want to get a swipe from his card they 
> first have to swipe theirs...
> 
> I can't remember where I read this (some blog) but it should 
> be possible to dogpile for it.
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